SMITH, Malcolm Archie Alexander
| Service Number: | 6905 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 March 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Mount Gambier, South Australia, 10 October 1890 |
| Home Town: | Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Mount Gambier State School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 18 September 1918, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension, France Plot I, Row G, Grave 12., Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension, Roisel, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Mar 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6905, 24th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 6905, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 11 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 6905, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 18 Sep 1918: | Involvement Private, 6905, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6905 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-09-18 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Malcolm's mother was Annie Smith, James Street, Mount Gambier, SA. His father Duncan passed away in late 1918.
His brother 2160 Private John Livingston Smith, 42nd Battalion AIF, was killed in action 25 June 1917, age 30.
Another brother, 1500 Duncan William Smith served with the 3rd Light Horse Regiment and returned home in 1919.
The Border Watch newspaper of Mount Gambier printed the following during October 1918,
PRIV. M. A, SMITH KILLED IN ACTION. 'The Rev. Jas. Cully, B. A received a telegram from the military authorities on Tuesday, informing him that Priv. M. A. Smith had been killed in action, and asking him to inform his parents. Priv. Smith is the third son of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Smith, Williamstown, and was 28 years of age. He enlisted 18 months ago at Horsham. He sailed from Melbourne in March, 1917, and after six months training in England sailed for France, where he saw a great deal of fighting. Priv. Duncan Smith, a brother of the deceased, has been on active service for three years, and was in Palestine when last heard of: and another brother, Priv. J. L. Smith, was killed in action in France on June 25, 1917.'