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SMITH, Michael Ernest
Personal Details
Service Number: | 4530 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Sydney, date not yet discovered |
Home Town: | Nymagee, Cobar, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Drowning-died in the sinking of the RMS Leinster, Irish Sea, Irish Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, 10 October 1918, age not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Grangegorman Military Cemetery Grave Aust. RC. 3., Grangegorman Military Cemetery, Grangegorman, Dublin, Ireland |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
9 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4530, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
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9 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 4530, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 25 and the son of James and Margaret Smith, of Mulgawarrina St., Coolabah, New South Wales.
He is one of six Australian born soldiers of the Great War who perished in the sinking by torpedo from a German U-Boat of the RMS Leinster. The bodies of 5 were recovered.