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SMITH, Alfred Percival
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1125 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 10th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Rutherglen, Indigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 June 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Rutherglen Lilliput District Pictorial Honour Roll, Rutherglen War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 3 Jun 1916: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 1125, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
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| 3 Jun 1916: | Embarked Lance Corporal, 1125, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Melbourne | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 1125, 10th Light Trench Mortar Battery, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1125 awm_unit: 10 Light Trench Mortar awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-06-07 |
Personal Stories
Alfred Smith date of birth
According to Alfred's Attestation paper he was 23 years old and eleven months on the 8th of December 1914. He was therefore born January 1891 and died 7th of June 1917 at the age of 26 and 5 months.
Submitted 18 April 2019 by UZY SAMORALI