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SMITH, Sydney
Personal Details
Service Number: | 862 |
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Enlisted: | 28 August 1914, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Mumbannar, Dartmoor, Victoria, Australia, 1889 |
Home Town: | Mumbannar, Glenelg, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Police Constable |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915 |
Cemetery: |
Plugge's Plateau Cemetery, Anzac Row A, Grave 6, Plugges Plateau Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
28 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 862, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
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