Albert Edward SMITH

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Service Number:	3227
Enlisted:	17 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Rochester, Victoria, July 1891
Home Town:	Freemans Reach, New South Wales
Schooling:	Currency Creek State School, Victoria
Occupation:	Orchardist
Died:	Killed in Action, Armentieres, France, 12 May 1916
Cemetery:	Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Bethune, Nord Pas de Calais Plot I, Row J, Grave 55. Buried by Chaplain W McKenzie, 4th Battalion. (1921 it was stated he was in Plot II, Row B, Grave 36, later exhumed and reinterred above).
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

17 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3227
20 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 3227, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 3227, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
14 Feb 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3227, 4th Infantry Battalion, taken on strength
12 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 3227, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3227 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-05-12

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