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NEWMAN, John Daniel (aka Daniel John SMITH)
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4294 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 June 1916, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 29 November 1881 |
| Home Town: | Urunga, Bellingen, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
| Died: | Died of Wounds, Belgium, 19 September 1917, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
Menin Road South Military Cemetery Menin Road South Military Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 3 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4294, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 8 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4294, 30th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Nicholson embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 8 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4294, 30th Infantry Battalion, SS Port Nicholson, Sydney | |
| 19 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4294, 30th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
Believed to have been born on 29 Nov 1881 in Queensland as Herman Richard NOTHDURFT, the son of August Nothdurft and Marie Wilhelmine (nee Behrens) who lived at "Gowrie Little Plain" (between Toowoomba and Oakey).
He changed his name to John Daniel NEWMAN at some point, and then enlisted under the name Daniel John SMITH, born at Bathurst, NSW in about July 1878.
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