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SMITH, Ernest Andrew

Service Number:	3383
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	35th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Walgett, New South Wales, Australia , date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Walgett, Walgett, New South Wales
Schooling:	Walgett (Catholic) School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 28 August 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Hem Farm Military Cemetery, Hem-Monacu. France Plot Plot II. Row D. Grave 15.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

2 Aug 1917:	Involvement Private, 3383, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
2 Aug 1917:	Embarked Private, 3383, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Sandra Barry

Son of Thomas and Annie Smith, of Walgett, New South Wales.