William Henry SMEE

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Service Number:	673
Enlisted:	24 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Essex, England, United Kingdom, 1876
Home Town:	Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Manor Park Board School, Essex, England
Occupation:	Platelayer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 13, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Leichhardt War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

24 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 673, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Corporal, 673, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Corporal, 673, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney

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Arrived in Australia aged 35 years

Address at the time of enlistment was Boulevard Promenade, Leichhardt, NSW

Son of George Henry Smee and Sarah Ann Smee of 89 Mortimer Road, Kingsland, England

Next of kin was given as his sister Alice Elizabeth Blazley nee Smee of Leichhardt, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Previously served in the Boer War