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Service Number:	795
Enlisted:	31 August 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Brisbane Grammar School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Engineer
Died:	Wounds, Malta, 17 June 1915, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Pieta Military Cemetery Plot A, Row V, Grave 5 INSCRIPTION - CALLED TO HIGHER SERVICE
Memorials:	Postmaster-General's Dept Qld. WWI

31 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 795, 9th Infantry Battalion
24 Sep 1914:	Involvement Private, 795, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: ''
24 Sep 1914:	Embarked Private, 795, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane

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He was 22 and the son of Sydney and Amy Mercer Smith, of "Camoola," Gladstone Rd., South Brisbane, Oueensland.

Enlisted and served as SMITH, Harry Mercer true name MERCER-SMITH, Harry.

Parents: Sydney and Amy MERCER-SMITH, South Brisbane