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SMITH, Robert Edwin John
Personal Details
Service Number: | 282 |
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Enlisted: | 19 August 1914 |
Last Rank: | Trooper |
Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
Born: | Cooma, NSW, 1892 |
Home Town: | Cooma, Cooma-Monaro, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Slaughterman |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 August 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
19 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 282, 1st Light Horse Regiment | |
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20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 282, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 282, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney | |
7 Aug 1915: | Involvement Trooper, 282, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 282 awm_unit: 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-08-07 |
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