William SMITH

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Service Number:	5071
Enlisted:	18 August 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Murtoa, Victoria, Australia , 22 September 1876
Home Town:	Horsham, Wimmera, Victoria
Schooling:	State School, Murtoa, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 29 October 1917, aged 41 years
Cemetery:	Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension Plot III, Row D, Grave No. 17
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Murtoa Memorial Gates, Murtoa State School No 1549 Great European War Honor Roll, The South Australian National War Memorial

18 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5071, 27th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, South Australia
27 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5071, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Barambah embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: ''
8 Mar 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5071, 27th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, Admitted to Hospital with shell concussion to 15 Australian Field Ambulance transferred to UK and Kitchener Military Hospital
29 Jun 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion
22 Jul 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 32nd Infantry Battalion
21 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5071, 32nd Infantry Battalion, 2nd Passchendaele , General Shrapnel Wounds (GSW) Head face Larm. Admitted to 25th Field Ambulance transferred to Abbeville
29 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5071, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Died of Wounds received on 21 Oct 1917--- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5071 awm_unit: 32nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-29

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