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SMYTH, Herbert Henry

Service Number:	2045
Enlisted:	13 April 1916, Enlisted at Millicent
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Robe, South Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Ypres, Belgium, 31 July 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 27, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Robe War Memorial

World War 1 Service

13 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2045, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Millicent
13 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 2045, 50th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
13 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 2045, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Adelaide
11 Jun 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2045, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Remained on duty
31 Jul 1917:	Involvement Private, 2045, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2045 awm_unit: 43rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-07-31

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John and Annie Smyth of Robe, SA.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal