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SMITHERS, Robert Claude Neil

Service Number:	2454
Enlisted:	20 April 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	58th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lorne, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Lorne, Surf Coast, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916
Cemetery:	Rue-du-Bois Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix Plot II, Row A, Grave No. I
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lorne Residents of Lorne District Roll of Honor, Lorne School Honor Roll, Lorne School Roll of Honor Book, Lorne War Memorial

World War 1 Service

20 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2454, Depot Battalion
16 Jul 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2454, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
16 Jul 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2454, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2454, 58th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2454 awm_unit: 58th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-19

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