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SMERDON, Alfred Roy
Step 1: Personal Details
Service Number: | 6380 |
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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 |
Biography
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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