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SMITH, John Livingston
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 2160A, 2160 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 42nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glencoe, South Australia, Australia, 14 October 1886 |
| Home Town: | Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Mount Gambier State School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 25 June 1917, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 42nd Infantry Battalion AIF Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Mundulla Soldiers Memorial Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 28 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2160A, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
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| 28 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2160A, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide | |
| 25 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 2160, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2160 awm_unit: 42nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-06-25 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His mother was Annie Smith, James Street Mt. Gambier. A younger brother 6905 Private Malcolm Archie Alexander Smith, 3rd Australian Machine Gun Battalion, was killed in action 18 September 1918, age 28.
Another brother, 1500 Duncan William Smith served with the 3rd Light Horse Regiment and returned to Australia in 1919.