Sydney SMITH

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Service Number:	862
Enlisted:	28 August 1914, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mumbannar, Dartmoor, Victoria, Australia, February 1889
Home Town:	Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Mumbannar State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Police Constable
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 25 April 1915
Cemetery:	Plugge's Plateau Cemetery, Anzac Row A, Grave 6,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mumbannar State School Pictorial Honour Roll

28 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 862, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 862, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 862, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne

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At the time of enlistment he was working as a Police officer in the Carlton area, Victoria

Son of Edward Thomas Smith of Mumbannar, Victoria. Brother of Percy G. Smith

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