Frank SMITH

SMITH, Frank

    Service Numbers: 5496, V146429
    Enlisted: 29 January 1916
    Last Rank: Staff Sergeant
    Last Unit: Central Ordnance Depot (Queen's Bridge)
    Born: Melbourne, Victoria, 1 December 1896
    Home Town: Preston, Darebin, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Painter
    Died: Natural causes (heart failure), Coburg, Victoria, 18 March 1986, aged 89 years
    Cemetery: Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria
    Cremated - Located HC Curwen-Walker Gardens Roses
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    World War 1 Service

    29 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5496, 6th Infantry Battalion
    4 Apr 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5496, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
    4 Apr 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5496, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    8 May 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5496, 6th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second)
    17 Sep 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5496, 6th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road
    22 Sep 1917: Wounded Menin Road, GSW (left hand and arm)
    4 Oct 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5496, 6th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge
    23 Oct 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5496, 6th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres
    27 Oct 1917: Wounded Third Ypres, 2nd occasion - GSW (foot and chest)
    10 Aug 1918: Wounded "The Last Hundred Days", 3rd occasion - GSW
    21 Mar 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5496, 6th Infantry Battalion

    World War 2 Service

    3 Feb 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Staff Sergeant, V146429
    3 Feb 1942: Enlisted Private, V146429, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA), Royal Park, Victoria
    3 Feb 1942: Promoted Corporal, Central Ordnance Depot (Queen's Bridge)
    21 Aug 1942: Promoted Sergeant, Central Ordnance Depot (Queen's Bridge)
    1 Dec 1942: Promoted Staff Sergeant, Central Ordnance Depot (Queen's Bridge)
    22 Aug 1944: Discharged Staff Sergeant, V146429, Central Ordnance Depot (Queen's Bridge)

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