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SMITH, Thomas St Patrick

Service Number:	4241
Enlisted:	5 December 1915, Casula, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Wollombi, New South Wales, Australia, 17 March 1885
Home Town:	Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales
Schooling:	St Joseph College, Hunter's Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Woolclasser
Died:	Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 5 May 1917, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Manly War Memorial NSW, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

World War 1 Service

5 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4241, 19th Infantry Battalion, Casula, NSW
11 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4241, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
11 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4241, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney
6 Nov 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Machine Gun Company
14 Nov 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4241, 5th Machine Gun Company, Eaucourt L'Abbaye, GSW back
5 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4241, 15th Machine Gun Company, Bullecourt (Second)

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of John C J and Sarah Anne SMITH, 8 Pacific Parade, Manly, New South