Ross SMITH

SMITH, Ross

    Service Number: 3910
    Enlisted: 14 August 1915, Holsworthy, New South Wales
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 3rd Infantry Battalion
    Born: St Peters, New South Wales, 30 November 1881
    Home Town: Lidcombe, Auburn, New South Wales
    Schooling: Lidcombe State School, Auburn Boys Public School
    Occupation: Labourer/Station hand
    Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 35 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
    Memorials: Auburn Boys Public School Pictorial Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)
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    World War 1 Service

    14 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3910, Holsworthy, New South Wales
    30 Dec 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3910, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
    30 Dec 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3910, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Sydney
    4 Oct 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3910, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3910 awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-04

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    Biography contributed by John Edwards

    "...3910 Private (later Lance Corporal) Ross Smith 3rd Battalion of Lidcombe, NSW. A labourer prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Medic (A7) on 30 December 1915. He was killed in action on 4 October 1917 at Broodseinde Ridge, Belgium, aged 35. He has no known grave and is remembered with honour on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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