Claude Lester SMITH

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Service Number:	6363
Enlisted:	25 October 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Boorowa, New South Wales, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Canowindra, Cabonne, New South Wales
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in action, Belgium, 9 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Canowindra Soldiers Memorial Hospital and Honour Roll, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

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25 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6363, 17th Infantry Battalion
11 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 6363, 17th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
11 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 6363, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney

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