Sydney Thomas SMITH

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Service Number:	786
Enlisted:	18 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wilcannia, New South Wales, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Wilberforce, Hawkesbury, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Chauffeur
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 13, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 786, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
16 Oct 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, Prior to embarking
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Corporal, 786, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Corporal, 786, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney

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Next of kin given as J and Gertrude Mary Hayward of Wilberforce, NSW. Sydney was a State child until being reared by Gertrude from the age of 6 years

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal issued to Gertrude Hayward

Also served with the Senior cadets for 3 years