SMITH, Ernest Sidney
| Service Number: | 3280 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gilgai, New South Wales, Australia, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Holyoake, Murray, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Boranup State School, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Sleeper hewer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 8 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Puchevillers British Cemetery, France Plot II, Row E, Grave No. II, Puchevillers British Cemetery, Puchevillers, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3280, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 18 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 3280, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 3280, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Ernest was wounded in the head on the 6 August 1916 at Pozieres. He died 2 days later in a dressing station at Puchevillers and is buried there.
His brothers: 1364 Pte Albert John Smith, 51st Battalion, died of wounds, 5 July 1916.
2452 Pte Arthur Henry Smith, 51st Battalion,killed in action, 3 September 1916.
Ernest's father died in 1898 when he was only 10 years of age. His mother, Susannah Harrison must have remarried by the time he enlisted. She was living in Barrabup which was a small timber milling town located in the far south west of Western Australia. The town was basically dismantled between 1922 and 1925.
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