Hugh Frederick SMITH

SMITH, Hugh Frederick

    Service Number: 2487
    Enlisted: 28 June 1915
    Last Rank: Lance Sergeant
    Last Unit: 24th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Talbot, Victoria, Australia, February 1896
    Home Town: Chute, Pyrenees, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
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    World War 1 Service

    28 Jun 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2487, 21st Infantry Battalion
    29 Sep 1915: Involvement Private, 2487, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
    29 Sep 1915: Embarked Private, 2487, 21st Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Melbourne
    1 Nov 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 21st Infantry Battalion
    5 Nov 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2487, 21st Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, SW face
    1 Feb 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 21st Infantry Battalion
    9 Jun 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 21st Infantry Battalion
    1 Sep 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 2487, 21st Infantry Battalion, Mont St Quentin / Peronne, GSW to arm
    13 Oct 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 24th Infantry Battalion
    23 Jul 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 2487, 24th Infantry Battalion, 3rd MD

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