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SMITH, David Maxwell Harding

Service Number:	1662
Enlisted:	24 February 1915
Last Rank:	Lance Sergeant
Last Unit:	Australian Intelligence Corps - Security Service
Born:	South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 15 January 1897
Home Town:	Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Jackaroo
Died:	Natural causes, Queensland, Australia, 27 July 1960, aged 63 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

24 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1662, 25th Infantry Battalion
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1662, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1662, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane
4 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1662, 25th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
29 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 7th Field Ambulance
26 Jan 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 25th Infantry Battalion
1 Aug 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 25th Infantry Battalion
12 Oct 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 26th Infantry Battalion
6 Nov 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 7th Field Ambulance
13 Apr 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1662, 7th Field Ambulance, HMAT A73 Commonwealth, Devonport for return to Australia - arriving 8 June 1919 at Brisbane.
30 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1662, 7th Field Ambulance

World War 2 Service

2 Jun 1941:	Enlisted
9 Jul 1941:	Promoted Corporal, Australian Intelligence Corps - Security Service
10 Jul 1943:	Promoted Lance Sergeant, Australian Intelligence Corps - Security Service

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