James SMITH

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Service Numbers:	442, 596
Enlisted:	4 May 1902
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Dumfries, England, 1881
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Horse Breaker
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 27 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 57, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 442, 7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
4 May 1902:	Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 442, 7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse

24 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 596, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement 596, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked 596, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
27 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 596, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 596 awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-04-27

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Next of kin given as his brother John Smith of Duncow Mills, Dumfrieshire, Scotland

Medals 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal