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SMITH, Herbert Christopher

Service Numbers:	31998, 1st Class Steward
Enlisted:	1 August 1916, Sydney, New South Wales.
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	13th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Lewisham, England, United Kingdom , 15 October 1882
Home Town:	North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Ship's Steward
Died:	Killed in Action, Port Moresby, 17 June 1942, aged 59 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section B. Plot 1. Row A. Grave 13.
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World War 1 Service

1 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 31998, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , Sydney, New South Wales.
10 Feb 1917:	Involvement Gunner, 31998, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
10 Feb 1917:	Embarked Gunner, 31998, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , RMS Osterley, Sydney
3 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 31998, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged demobilization of A.I.F.

World War 2 Service

17 Jun 1942:	Involvement Merchant Navy, 1st Class Steward, Killed in action when M V Macdhui was sunk in Port Moresby Harbour.

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