SMITH, Michael
| Service Number: | 2782 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1878 |
| Home Town: | Chippendale, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Pneumonia, Sutton Veny Military Hospital, Wiltshire, England, 5 December 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Codford St. Mary (St. Mary) New Churchyard, Wiltshire, England |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2782, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2782, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date – 5th December…… Michael Patrick Smith was born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1878.
He married Lucy Mungovan (nee Flindt) in Sydney, New South Wales in 1915.
On 18th July, 1916 Michael Smith enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) as 38 year old, married, Cook from Chippendale, NSW. He stated on his Attestation Papers that he had served for 403 days with Home Defence Service but was no longer required.
Private Michael Smith, Service number 2782, embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on HMAT Ceramic (A40) on 7th October, 1916 with the 45th Infantry Battalion, 6th Reinforcements & disembarked at Plymouth, England on 21st November, 1916.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. These were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
He was marched in to 12th Training Battalion – Camp 13 at Codford, Wiltshire on 21st November, 1916.
Private Michael Smith was admitted to Military Hospital at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire & died at 2.35 a.m. on 5th December, 1916 of pneumonia.
He was buried in St. Mary’s New Churchyard, Codford, Wiltshire, England where 30 other WW1 Australian War Graves & 66 New Zealand War Graves are located.
Private Michael Smith has a private Headstone which was erected by his comrades of the 12th Training Battalion. The Service number engraved is incorrect – it should be 2782.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/codford---st-marys.html
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