SMITH, Phillip King
| Service Number: | 5196 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 January 1916, Junior Cadets |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 60th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, August 1886 |
| Home Town: | Durham Ox, Loddon, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | State school teacher |
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World War 1 Service
| 22 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5196, 6th Infantry Battalion, Junior Cadets | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5196, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5196, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Aug 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion | |
| 27 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5196, 57th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood, SW to feet and buttocks | |
| 2 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5196, 57th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", SW left hand | |
| 18 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5196, 60th Infantry Battalion, 3rd MD |
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AWM Summary
5196 Private (Pte) Phillip King Smith, 6th Battalion, holding what is probably a sugar glider marsupial. A school teacher from Durham Ox, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Smith embarked with the 16th Reinforcements from Melbourne on HMAT Suffolk on 1 April 1916. Later transferring to the 57th Battalion he was wounded in action and evacuated to England. Following his recovery he joined the 60th Battalion and was wounded in action for the second occasion. Once again evacuated to England, he was still recovering when the Armistice was declared and returned to Australia on 9 February 1919.
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