SMITH, Edwin
| Service Number: | 6585 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 June 1916, Enlisted at Royal Agricultural Society showgrounds, Moore Park, Sydney. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Surrey, England, May 1881 |
| Home Town: | Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 7 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Vaulx Australian Field Ambulance Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6585, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Royal Agricultural Society showgrounds, Moore Park, Sydney. | |
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| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6585, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6585, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
Edwin SMITH, (Service Number 6585) was born about May 1881 at Surrey in England.
He worked as a labourer for the NSW Railways at Eveleigh.
He joined the Expeditionary Forces on 3rd June 1916 at the Royal Agricultural Society Showgrounds at Moore Park in Sydney. He was married to Sarah and they lived in Marrickville.
He was allotted to the 21st Reinforcements to the 2nd Battalion. He embarked HMAT ‘Ceramic’ at Sydney on 7th October 1916 and reached Plymouth on 21st November. He spent the next few months with the 1st Training Battalion before proceeding overseas to France on 20th March 1917 and was taken on the strength of the 2nd Battalion on 24th March.
He was wounded in action of 7th May 1917 with shrapnel causing a compound fracture of his thigh. He was admitted to the 6th Field Ambulance but died of his wounds the same day. Smith was buried in the Vaulx Advanced Dressing Station Cemetery ½ mile SW of Vaulx Vraucourt and three miles NE of Bapaume.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.