Lawrence Frederick COLDWELL-SMITH MC

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COLDWELL-SMITH, Lawrence Frederick

Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	29th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Not yet discovered
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Telegrahist
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World War 1 Service

10 Nov 1915:	Involvement Lieutenant, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
10 Nov 1915:	Embarked Lieutenant, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
1 Feb 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 29th Infantry Battalion
1 Apr 1918:	Wounded

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Biography contributed by Kathleen Bambridge

Captain LF Coldwell-Smith MC 32ad Battalion (SA) enlisted in Victoria on 1 July 1915 as Lieutenant having previously graduated from Duntroon Military College. He became Captain ans Adjutant to the 29th Battalion (Vic) in February 1916. His Military Cross was gazetted on January 1 1917. While on Service he was wounded in April 1918.

Prior to enlisting he was a telegrahist in Flinders Street Melbourne. He is the brother of CE Coldwell_Smith 3rd Machine Gun Battalion and the son Mr F Coldwell-Smith of Ballarat.

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