Charles James SMITH

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Service Number:	59
Enlisted:	30 August 1915, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	31st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Calcifer, Queensland, Australia, 29 June 1896
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Mount Garnet State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Telephonist
Died:	Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 20 July 1916, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Bethune, Nord Pas de Calais Plot I. Row L. Grave 74. Inscription: HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Postmaster-General's Dept Qld. WWI

30 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 59, Depot Battalion , Brisbane, Queensland
9 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 59, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
9 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 59, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
13 Dec 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 59, 31st Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Suez, Egypt
16 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 59, 31st Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Hororata"
23 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 59, 31st Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 59, 31st Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
20 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 59, 31st Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action

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