Charles Harold SMELT

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SMELT, Charles Harold

Service Numbers:	2794, 2794B
Enlisted:	1 August 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Rosewater, 19 October 1889
Home Town:	Rosewater (Greytown), Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	North Adelaide Public School
Occupation:	Mill Hand/Wood machinist
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 19 August 1916, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Nailsworth Primary School Great War Roll of Honour, Port Adelaide St Paul's Church Memorial Alcove, Rosewater War Memorial, Rosewater Womens Memorial Roll of Honour WW1, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

1 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia
27 Oct 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2794, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2794, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide
19 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2794B, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2794B awm_unit: 10 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-19
Date unknown:	Involvement 2794, 10th Infantry Battalion

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Biography

Son of Cornelius Michael and Eva Smelt.

"Mrs. H. Young, Ottaway, has been notified that her brother, Pte. C. H. Smelt, has been reported as missing as from August 19." - from the Adelaide Register 04 Oct 1916 (nla.gov.au)

"THE LATE PRIVATE C. H. SMELT.

Private C. H. Smelt, who was reported missing, was killed in action on August 19, 1916. He was 26 years of age and left for the front on October 27, 1915. He was the eldest son of the late Mr. C. M. Smelt, of Port Adelaide, and was the grandson of Mr. James Creasy, of Glenelg." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 21 Jul 1917 (nla.gov.au)

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