SMITH, Frank
| Service Number: | 3015 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bures, Suffolk, England., 1884 |
| Home Town: | Billimari, Cowra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Essex Council School, England |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Messines, Belgium, 7 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Panel 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31. , 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) |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 3015, 45th Infantry Battalion , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Nicholson embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 8 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 3015, 45th Infantry Battalion , SS Port Nicholson, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 33 and the son of Alderman and Lucy Smith of Hobsey Wells, Bunes Hamlet, England.
Bures St Mary is a civil parish in the Babergh district of the English county of Suffolk. The parish covers the eastern part of the village of Bures, the western part being in the Bures Hamlet parish in Essex divided by the River Stour. The village is sometimes known as Bures and is on the border between South Suffolk and North Essex, in the heart of Constable Country and in the Dedham Vale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
Possible birth records
Births Jun 1884 Smith Frank Sudbury 4a 614
Births Dec 1884 Smith Frank Sudbury 4a 623
Age on arrival in Australia 27
Enlistment date 1 August 1916
Place of enlistment Cootamundra, New South Wales
Unit name 45th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
Age at embarkation 31
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Port Nicholson on 8 November 1916
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