SMITH, Robert Alfred
| Service Number: | 3130 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 44th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Acle, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Collie, Collie, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Guard on the Western Australian Railway. |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 – 31. , Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle 849 Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 3130, 44th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
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| 29 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 3130, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 29 when he emigrated to Australia. He was 36/37 when killed. He was the son of and Caroline Smith and the late John Smith, stepson of James Willgress, and the husband of Alice Blanche Sutherland (formerly Smith) of 225, George St., Launceston, Tasmania.
He is remembered on the family grave in the churchyard of St Margaret, Church Road, Upton ,South Walsham & Upton, Norfolk, NR13 6AN, along with Lance Corporal William Willgress, aged 21, Service Number 18187 of the 7th Bn. Norfolk Regiment. He was ‘Missing’ presumed killed on 12/10/1916 and having no known grave, is commemorated on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL at Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D.It is believed they were half brothers, Caroline Smith having married James Willgress in 1893 [Marriage registered in Blofield] because on the 1911 census, a Gertrude Smith is listed as a step-daughter of Caroline and James Willgress.
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