Stewart Allen SMITH

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SMITH, Stewart Allen

Service Number:	4898
Enlisted:	14 September 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Plumstead, Kent, England, October 1896
Home Town:	Lismore, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	The Roan School, Greenwich, Kent, England
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in action, Bullecourt, France, 11 April 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bangalow Clunes District Great War Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

World War 1 Service

14 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4898, 15th Infantry Battalion
28 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4898, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
28 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4898, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Brisbane

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Stewart Allen Smith was the son of Major David Smith, of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Kent, England and his wife Margaret Smith. Their address was also given as, Plumstead, London. After the war, the father, Major or Colonel David Smith was living at Ramsgate, England.

Stewart arrived in Australia during mid-1914, aged 17, along with his younger brother, Arthur David Smith who was 15 years of age. They were both farming at Lismore, New South Wales, on the property of W. Parmenter.

Stewart enlisted in late 1915, barely 12 months after arriving from England, and joined the 15th Battalion at the front during October 1916. He was listed as missing in action after the Battle of Bullecourt on 11 April 1917. Just after the battle, his body was seen lying in shell holes between the 1st and 2nd lines of the Germans barb wire, in front of their first line trench.

His younger brother, 2936 Pte. Arthur David Smith had also joined the same 15th Battalion and was killed in action on 28 January 1918, aged 19. Neither brother has a known grave.

Another brother, 3128 Sapper Alexander William Smith 8th Field Company Engineers was returned to Australia with heart problems in late 1917.

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