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SMYTH, Robert Alexander
Personal Details
Service Number: | 37 |
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Enlisted: | 6 August 1915, Liverpool |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 5th Machine Gun Battalion |
Born: | West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 28 June 1893 |
Home Town: | West Maitland, Maitland, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Maitland High School, Maitland, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Draughtsman |
Died: | Natural causes, Griffith, New South Wales, Australia, 7 March 1974, aged 80 years |
Cemetery: |
Griffith Cemetery, New South Wales |
Memorials: | Maitland High School Roll of Honour, West Maitland Superior Public School Honor Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
6 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 37, 30th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool | |
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9 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 37, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
9 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 37, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
11 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Machine Gun Company | |
1 Sep 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 8th Machine Gun Company | |
25 Nov 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 8th Machine Gun Company | |
10 Feb 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 5th Machine Gun Company | |
15 Jul 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Machine Gun Company | |
24 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux, Gassed | |
8 Aug 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, HT Katoomba for return to Australia with wife and child - disembarking Sydney 25 September 1919 | |
24 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Machine Gun Battalion |
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