Alfred Roy (Roy) SMERDON

SMERDON, Alfred Roy

Service Number: 6380
Enlisted: 11 October 1916, 18th Reinforcement
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 21st Infantry Battalion
Born: Mount Rowan,Victoria, Australia, 23 February 1893
Home Town: Murrayville, Mildura Shire, Victoria
Schooling: Mount Rowan State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Printer
Died: Killed in action at the summit of Mont St Quentin, Mont St Quentin, France, 1 September 1918, aged 25 years
Cemetery: Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension
Plot III, Row L, Grave No. 36 Also Murrayville Roll of Honour
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Campbell Mont St Quentin Cross, Campbell Mont St Quentin Pictorial Honour Roll
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Brother of: 6381 Pte. Clifford Charles Smerdon (/explore/people/49844)  - Killed in Action 09 Oct 1917

"PRIVATE A. R. SMERDON .

Mr. and Mrs. J. Smerdon, of Murrayville, late of Wanbra Junction, have been notified that their son, Pte. A. R. (Roy) Smerdon, was killed in action in France on 1st September." - from the Ballarat Courier 17 Sep 1918 (nla.gov.au)

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