Walter Willoughby SMITH MC

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SMITH, Walter Willoughby

Service Number:	869
Enlisted:	5 October 1915
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	33rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Civil Engineer
Died:	Bronchial Pneumonia, No 2 Stationary Hosptial, France, 28 November 1918
Cemetery:	Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension Plot V, Row E, Grave Grave No. 19.
Memorials:	Rozelle Sydney Harbour Trust Officers and Employees Pictorial Honour Board

World War 1 Service

5 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 869, 36th Infantry Battalion
13 May 1916:	Involvement Sergeant, 869, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
13 May 1916:	Embarked Sergeant, 869, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
28 Nov 1918:	Involvement Lieutenant, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 33rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-11-28

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Walter Alexander and Grace Ann Smith, of "Selhurst," 368, Alfred St., North Sydney, New South Wales.

Awarded Military Cross - Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No 61 dated 23 May 1919

Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Walter Willoughby Smith was the son of Walter Alexander Smith and Grace Anne Smith, of "Selhurst," 368, Alfred St., North Sydney.

His brother, Lieutenant Muir Paul Smith, Mentioned in Despatches. 4th Battalion AIF, was killed in action at the Gallipoli landing 26 April, 1915, as battalion signalling officer, aged 24.

Walter was a cadet engineer at Sydney Harbour Trust. He died of bronchial pneumonia, or the ‘Spanish flu’ in late 1918. He spent most of his active service with the 9th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery and was awarded a Military Cross for his service with this unit from April to September 1918.

Another brother, 7591 Pte. Alan Frederick Smith 2nd Battalion AIF also served overseas.

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