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SMITH, George Edward Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1241 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 February 1916, West Maitland |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Gunnedah, New South Wales, July 1894 |
| Home Town: | Gunnedah, Gunnedah, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Biograph Operator |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 15 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1241, 36th Infantry Battalion, West Maitland | |
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| 13 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1241, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 13 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1241, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 9 Nov 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Machine Gun Company | |
| 25 Jul 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 9th Machine Gun Company | |
| 13 May 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 17 Jul 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 22 Sep 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1241, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, 'Port Sydney' for return to Australia - arrived 12 November, 1919. | |
| 13 Jan 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1241, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Michael Silver
George Smith was a projectionist at a local piucture theatre, Ikin's Picture Palace, in Gunnedah, New South Wales for five years prior to his enlistment in February 1916.
The son of the late George and Elizabeth Smith, of Barber Street, Gunnedah he trained for a few weeks at Rutherford camp before sailing for England with 'Carmichael's Thousand' in the 'Beltana' on 13 May, 1916.
He crossed to France in November 1916 as part of the 9th Machine Gun Company. By the end of the war he had been promoted to Sergeant.
He returned to Australia in September 1919.
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