Stanley Derwent SMITH

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Service Number:	2510
Enlisted:	8 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	52nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	St Leonards, Tasmania, Australia, 11 February 1893
Home Town:	St Leonards, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Painter
Died:	Killed in action, Mouquet Farm, France, 4 September 1916, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Launceston St. Leonard's Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

24 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 2510, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: ''
24 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 2510, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Adelaide
8 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2510, 12th Infantry Battalion
4 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 2510, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2510 awm_unit: 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-04

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