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SMITH, Wylie McLeod
Personal Details
Service Number: | 985 |
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Enlisted: | 11 February 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Harrisville, Queensland, Australia, 29 August 1891 |
Home Town: | Harrisville, Scenic Rim, Queensland |
Schooling: | Meilora State School, Queensland, Australia |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Appendicitis, 58th General Hospital, St Omer, France, 17 August 1917, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery Plot 1V, Row D, Grave 31 Rev. A. Coutts officiated Headstone inscription reads: Until the day break and the shadows flee away, Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Longuenesse, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bathurst War Memorial Carillon, Harrisville Memorial Gates |
Service History
World War 1 Service
11 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 985, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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29 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 985, 25th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
29 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 985, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane | |
29 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 985, 25th Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the thigh and forearm | |
7 Mar 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 985, 25th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the scalp. Embarked for England on 10 March 1917 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Luke Wheeler Smith and Margaret Smith nee Dunn of 'Greenwood Farm', Harrisville, Qld
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal