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SMITH, Richard William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 371 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Company Quartermaster Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kameruka, New South Wales, June 1895 |
| Home Town: | Bega, Bega Valley, New South Wales |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
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World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 371, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 371, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 371, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 371, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 14 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 7 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 371, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 371 awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Company Quartermaster Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-10-07 |
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