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SMITH, Hurbert Henry
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6085 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia, 6 September 1897 |
| Home Town: | Barmedman, Bland, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Bullecourt, France, 5 May 1917, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux Commemorated in Barmedman Cemetery N.S.W. |
| Memorials: | Barmedman War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 22 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 6085, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 6085, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney |
Personal Stories
Private Hubert Henry Smith
Hubert enlisted on the 2nd March 1916 and he joined the 1st battalion 19th re-inforcements. He was killed in action at Bullecourt, France the date given as 5th-8th May 1917. He was killed in the trenches and buried just behind them, his name is commemorated at the Australian National Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux this is the repository of the names of more than 10,000 Australians who died in France during WW1 but have no known grave. He was 19 years of age.
"We will remember them"
Submitted 6 April 2015 by Wayne Polsen
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