William Roy SMITH

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SMITH, William Roy

Service Number:	891
Enlisted:	12 January 1916, Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	44th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dimboola, Victoria, Australia , 6 February 1897
Home Town:	Sawyers Valley, Mundaring, Western Australia
Schooling:	Sawyers Valley School
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 5 March 1917, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais I F 19
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial

World War 1 Service

12 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 891, 44th Infantry Battalion, Perth, WA
6 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 891, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
6 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 891, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Fremantle

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of John Thomas SMITH and Martha Anna Pauline SMITH nee HABY, Sawyer's Valley, Western Australia

SMITH.—In loving memory of our dear son and brother Roy, who died of wounds some where in France on March 5, 1917. Age 20 years.
May the heavenly winds blow softly,
O'er that sweet and sacred spot;
Though the sea divides his grave from us,
He will never be forgot.
Inserted by his sorrowing father and mother, sisters and brothers, Sawyer's Valley.

SMITH.—In loving memory of our dear brother, Private William Roy Smith, killed in action on March 5 1917. Age 20 years.
Just two years ago to-day
When our dear Roy was called away.
His heart was true, his spirit brave,
His resting place a soldier's grave.
Inserted by his loving sisters and brothers.

SMITH.—In loving remembrance of my dear brother, William Roy Smith, who died somewhere in France on March 5, 1917.
In France's lonely hillside,
Beneath the lonely sod,
There lies our darling Roy
Resting in peace with God.
—Inserted by his loving sisters and brothers, Owen, Tommy, Mabel, Edeline, Rosie, Lilian and Mrs. W. Trew, of Sawyer's Valley.

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