Roy Alfred Walter SMITH

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SMITH, Roy Alfred Walter

Service Numbers:	651, 1304
Enlisted:	12 August 1914
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	19th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Annandale, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Annandale, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Annandale and Petersham Public Schools, Fort St High School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Surveyor
Died:	Wounds, Belgium, 15 October 1917
Cemetery:	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXI F 7, Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Lijssenthoek, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Annandale St Aiden's Church SMITH Memorial Plaque, Annandale War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Petersham Fort Street High School Great War Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

12 Aug 1914:	Enlisted Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 651, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
19 Aug 1914:	Involvement Private, 651, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
19 Aug 1914:	Embarked Private, 651, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
2 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1304, 19th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1304, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1304, 19th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
15 Oct 1917:	Involvement Lieutenant, 1304, 19th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1304 awm_unit: 19 Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-10-15

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Frederick and Mary SMITH, 135 Annandale Street, New South Wales

HIGHLY ESTEEMED BY ALL WHO SERVED WITH HIM

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