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SMITH, Amyas Edgar William

Service Number:	4274
Enlisted:	11 January 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Echunga, South Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Echunga, Mount Barker, South Australia
Schooling:	Echunga Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Killed in Action, Noreuil, Picardie, France, 2 April 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the National Memorial to the Missing at Villers Bretonnex
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Echunga War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

11 Jan 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4274, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
11 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4274, 10th Infantry Battalion
26 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion
12 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4274, 50th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm
20 Mar 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4274, 50th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line
2 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4274, 50th Infantry Battalion, Noreuil, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4274 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-02

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