SMEDMAN, Charles Edward
| Service Number: | 1776 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 May 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wilcannia, New South Wales, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Wilcannia, Central Darling, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Broken Hill and District State School |
| Occupation: | Mill hand/Tinsmith and gas fitter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 4 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Broken Hill Barrier District Roll of Honour, Broken Hill War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 15 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1776, Keswick, South Australia | |
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| 26 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1776, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Morea embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 26 Aug 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1776, 27th Infantry Battalion, RMS Morea, Adelaide | |
| 4 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1776, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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"...1776 Private Charles Edward Smedman, 27th Battalion. A labourer from Broken Hill, NSW prior to enlistment, Pte Smedman embarked with the 3rd Reinforcements from Adelaide on RMS Morea on 26 August 1915. On 4 August 1916, aged 22, he was killed in action at Pozieres and, having no known grave, is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux memorial." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
"THE LATE PRIVATE C. E. SMEDMAN.
Private C E. Smedman, reported killed in action in France on August 4, wan the second son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Smed man, of Iodide-street, Broken Hill. Private Smedman was 22 years of age, and a native of Wilcannia. He came with his parents to Broken Hill, when only a child. He was educated at the Broken Hill district and convent schools. After leaving school he worked at the tool shop in the Broken Hill North Mine, and after some time he left there and worked at the British mine mill until the war broke out. He served in the Citizen Forces of the Commonwealth for three years, and then enlisted for the A.I.F., and was accepted on March 11, 1915. He sailed for the front on August 26. After spending six months with his battalion in Egypt and Lemnos Is land, he left for France, and was wounded on June 6 while carrying a comrade (the late Lance-Corporal C. B. Lewis). Private Smedman was greatly esteemed by a large circle of friends, who mourn his early death." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 30 Dec 1916 (nla.gov.au)
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