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SMITH, Robert William

Service Number:	2337
Enlisted:	26 April 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Gunnedah, Gunnedah, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 5 September 1916, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) Railway Dugouts Burial Ground, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

26 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2337, 2nd Infantry Battalion
14 Jul 1915:	Involvement Private, 2337, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: True name was Robert William Smith.
14 Jul 1915:	Embarked Private, 2337, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Peter Rankin

He served under the alias of Alfred Archer.