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SMITH, Alexander John Ross

Service Number:	888
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Ripponlea, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brighton, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Mentone, Kingston, Victoria
Schooling:	St Bede's College, Mentone, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Insurance clerk
Died:	Died of wounds, At sea (HMHS Gascon), 4 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Panel 25, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Melbourne Cricket Club Roll of Honour 1914 - 1918, Mentone Memorial Gates

World War 1 Service

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 888, 5th Infantry Battalion, Ripponlea, Vic.
21 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 888, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 888, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne
4 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 888, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW to head (fractured skull). Died later the same day on board HMHS Gascon and was buried at sea.

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