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SMITH, William Edward

Service Number:	545
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	33rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Naingala, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 1 January 1890
Home Town:	Bundarra, Uralla, New South Wales
Schooling:	Niangala, Public School, NSW
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, Armentieres, 25 February 1917, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row F, Grave No. 37), Armentieres, France , Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bundarra WWI War Memorial, Uralla St. Joseph War Memorial Gates

World War 1 Service

4 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 545, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
4 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 545, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney

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Biography

DOB is 1890, 1 Jan entered as mandatory field, but exact unknown.