Francis Walter John (Jack) SMITH

SMITH, Francis Walter John

    Service Number: 1298
    Enlisted: 8 July 1915, 10th Reinforcements
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
    Born: Prahran, Victoria, Australia, 8 July 1896
    Home Town: Prahran, Stonnington, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Echuca, Victoria, Australia, 1971, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Echuca Cemetery, Victoria, Australia
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    World War 1 Service

    8 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 1298, 8th Light Horse Regiment, 10th Reinforcements
    9 Sep 1915: Involvement Private, 1298, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
    9 Sep 1915: Embarked Private, 1298, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne
    23 Jul 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
    11 Dec 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
    14 Jul 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1298, 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations, Gun Shot Wound, right thigh admitted to 34th Casualty Clearing Station
    6 Jul 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1298, 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, Embarked Southampton per H.T. Boorara. Disembarked Melbourne 26 August, 1919.
    25 Oct 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1298, 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, Received the 1914-1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals

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