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SMETHURST, Richard James
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2517 |
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Enlisted: | 14 July 1915, Enlisted at Seymour, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
Home Town: | Gardenvale, Glen Eira, Victoria |
Schooling: | Albert Park State School, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Motor Mechanic and Carpenter |
Died: | Died of illness - Septicaemia from an insect bite, St Andrews Hospital, Malta, 28 November 1915 |
Cemetery: |
Pieta Military Cemetery Plot D, Row 1X, Grave 6 Chaplain A. G. Mackinnon officiated Headstone inscription reads: TO LIVE IN HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE, Pieta Military Cemetery, Tal-Pieta, Malta (island), Malta |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brighton North Road Presbyterian Church HB |
Service History
World War 1 Service
14 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2517, Enlisted at Seymour, Victoria | |
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16 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 2517, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
16 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 2517, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Thomas Smethurst and Christina McDonald Smethurst nee Beaston of 120 Head Street, Gardenvale, Victoria
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
By trade he was a Carpenter