William Bowyer SMITH

SMITH, William Bowyer

Service Number: 3766
Enlisted: 22 May 1916, Enlisted at Albany, WA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born: Wellingborough, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, 1878
Home Town: South Perth, South Perth, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Killed in Action, Nieppe, France, 11 March 1918
Cemetery: Pont d'Achelles Military Cemetery, France
Plot 1, Row G, Grave 33 Headstone inscription reads: R.I.P., Pont-D'Achelles Military Cemetery, Nieppe, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Denmark War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

22 May 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3766, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Albany, WA
11 May 1917: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3766, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
11 Mar 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3766, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Edmund Brierley Smith and Katherine Smith: brother of Albert Smith; father of Edmund Bowyer Smith and Florence Irene May Smith. At the time of enlistment William's marital status was listed as Widower

21 July 1917 - to hospital with Mumps

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal