
SMITH, Stanley Frederick
Service Number: | 5403 |
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Enlisted: | 21 February 1916, Bathurst, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Moore Park, New South Wales, Australia , 21 October 1894 |
Home Town: | Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Albion Street Superior Public School, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Storeman |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 26 February 1917, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
Warlencourt British Cemetery IV B 17 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
21 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5403, 18th Infantry Battalion, Bathurst, NSW | |
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22 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 5403, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
22 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 5403, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Frank and Minnie SMITH, Prospect Street, Moore Park, NSW
Husband of Ethel May SMITH, 31 Prospect Street, Moore Park, NSW
Stanley served in France and made the supreme sacrifice at Butte-de-Warlancourt on 26 February 1917.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith, 43 Ridge-street, Moore Park, have been informed that their son, Private Stanley Frederick Smith, was killed in action in France on February 26. Prior to enlisting he was employed by Messrs. Wunderlich Ltd., and was a crack rifle shot, being a member of this firm's rifle club