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HOARE-SMITH, Lawrence Evelyn

Service Number:	2073
Enlisted:	18 October 1915, Toowoomba, Qld, Australia
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	1st Machine Gun Company
Born:	Devon, England, 1897
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Redcliffe, Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, 10 September 1977, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Redcliffe Cemetery, Qld Grave Location: 4/H/32, Monumental-Section 4/Row H/Plot 32; Buried with his - Wife: Lily May Hoare-Smith.
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World War 1 Service

18 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2073, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Toowoomba, Qld, Australia
31 Jan 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2073, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
31 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 2073, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Wandilla, Brisbane
27 Jun 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2073, 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, Wounded (Debilitated by illness) Date: 27/06/1916, admitted-31st AGH - diagnosed illness - Jaundice; as at Date: 23/09/1916, transferred & re-admitted to 14th AGH; to Date: 03/11/1916, discharged from - 14th AGH; (NAA, Pg-4).
23 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, (NAA, Pg's-4, 8)
1 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2073, 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, (NAA, Pg's-4, 8)
27 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2073, 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, Involvement - as per stated: 27/11/1916, (Pg-4) joined the [1st L.H-B.M.G] 1st Light Horse Brigade - Machine Gun Squadron; from - 1st Light Horse Regiment (NAA, Pg's-4, 8).
6 Feb 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2073, 1st Machine Gun Company, (NAA, Pg's-8, 28)
6 Feb 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Machine Gun Company, (NAA, Pg-8)
28 Sep 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Machine Gun Company, (NAA, Pg-8)
21 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 2073, 1st Machine Gun Company, Discharged (Medical): 21/03/1919, [1st M.D] 1st Medical District - Brisbane, Qld; Last Unit: [1st M,. G., Private] 1st Machine Gun Company, Private -as at date: 07/02/1918; Last Rank: Driver, 1st Machine Gun Company -as at date: 28/09/1918; to final date of Discharge: 21/03/1919 (NAA, Pg's-8, 28).

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Biography contributed by Daniel Bishop

Next of Kin - Mother: Constance GEDDES, of Selbourne, Alton, Hants, England.