James Robert SMITH

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SMITH, James Robert

Service Number:	3983
Enlisted:	12 December 1915, Enoggera, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	31st Infantry Battalion
Born:	East Talgai, Queensland, Australia, 29 March 1893
Home Town:	Allora, Southern Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Hendon State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 20 July 1916, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery Plot III. Row E. Grave 4. Inscription: THIS EARTH HIS FINAL PEACE
Memorials:	Allora Shire Soldiers Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Warwick War Memorial

World War 1 Service

12 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3983, Depot Battalion , Enoggera, Queensland
31 Jan 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3983, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
31 Jan 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3983, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Brisbane
6 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 31st Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. from 26th Infantry Battalion
16 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3983, 31st Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Hororata"
23 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3983, 31st Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3983, 31st Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
20 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3983, 31st Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action
20 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3983, 31st Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3983 awm_unit: 31st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-20

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Biography contributed by VWM Australia

Nine soldiers were originally recovered from unmarked mass graves adjacent to Pheasant Wood in France in 2009. They were among 250 unidentified soldiers who fought and died in the 1916 Battle of Fromelles. Among the soldiers recovered and identified was 3983 Private James Robert Smith, 31st Battalion AIF He is now buried in a marked grave in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery in France.

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