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SMITH, John
Personal Details
Service Number: | 3373 |
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Enlisted: | 31 December 1915, Toowoomba, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Sapper |
Last Unit: | 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) |
Born: | Braidwood, New South Wales, January 1890 |
Home Town: | Nelligen, Eurobodalla, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Natural causes, Grafton, New South Wales, 25 September 1954 |
Cemetery: |
Grafton Cemetery, NSW |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
31 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3373, Toowoomba, Queensland | |
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22 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 3373, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
22 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 3373, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Sydney | |
19 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 3373, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Third Ypres, Shell wound (left arm - amputated) | |
30 Nov 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 3373, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) |
Personal Stories
Great uncle John
I have just discovered the story of my great uncle. He went to war and was injured in France. Lest We Forget.
Submitted 5 November 2017 by Anne McDonald