SMITH, Walter Neil
| Service Number: | 3680 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 March 1916, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Maitland, Yorke Peninsula - South Australia, Australia , January 1894 |
| Home Town: | Maitland, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | 25 September 1970, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Gnowangerup Cemetery Presbyterian Section 005 Grave 20 |
| Memorials: | Maitland War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3680, 32nd Infantry Battalion, at Adelaide | |
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| 12 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 3680, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 3680, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 3680, 27th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide Botanic High School
Walter Neil Smith was born on the 7th of May 1893 in Maitland, South Australia. He lived his childhood in Maitland with his father James Smith (1850 - 1914) and mother Caroline Brooks (1852g - 1936). He worked as a farmer before his WW1 enlistment. He enlisted in the Australia Imperial Force at 22 years old on the 30th of March 1916. He embarked on the 12th of August 1916 from Adelaide on HMAT Ballarat A70.
While originally in the 32nd Battalion, Walter was soon transferred to the 27th Battalion. He served for about four months in France before being identified as unfit and returning to England, where he served out the remainder of the war and returning to Australia in 1919.
He died at the age of 77 on the 25th of September 1970 in Gnowangerup Shire, Western Australia, Australia. He was buried in Gnowangerup Cemetery, Gnowangerup Shire, Western Australia.