Robert Henry (Bob) SMITH

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Service Number:	1257
Enlisted:	28 January 1916, Armidale, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	33rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Tingha, New South Wales, Australia, 29 May 1895
Home Town:	Tingha, Guyra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Tingha State School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Killed in Action, Augustus Wood, Belgium, 12 October 1917, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

28 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1257, Armidale, New South Wales
4 May 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1257, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
4 May 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1257, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney
12 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1257, 33rd Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele

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