Ralph Leslie SMITH

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Service Number:	3264
Enlisted:	18 January 1915, 5’6”, 10 stone, medium complexion, with dark grey eyes, fair hair, slightly bald, Baptist faith.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 21 May 1885
Home Town:	St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Brighton Road State School No.1479, St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 26 July 1916, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

18 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3264, 24th Infantry Battalion, 5’6”, 10 stone, medium complexion, with dark grey eyes, fair hair, slightly bald, Baptist faith.
26 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3264, 24th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
26 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3264, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne
23 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Infantry Battalion, Taken on strength into the 8th Infantry Battalion, “B” Company, 8th Battalion, 2nd Brigade, Serapeum from the 6th Training Battalion, Zeitoun.
26 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3264, 8th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria per HT Megantic, disembarking Marseilles, 31 March, 1916
26 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 3264, 8th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3264 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-26
26 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3264, 8th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Killed in Action, buried in the vicinity of Pozieres, north of Albert-Bapaume Road

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