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SMITH, Arthur
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX16659 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 March 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gembrook, Victoria, Australia, 7 April 1905 |
| Home Town: | Gembrook, Cardinia, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Illness, Germany, 25 September 1941, aged 36 years |
| Cemetery: |
Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany Section 3, Row A, Plot 25, Durnbach War Cemetery, Bavaria, Germany |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX16659, 2nd/8th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 21 Mar 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX16659, 2nd/8th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Private Arthur Smith VX16659 of the 2/8th Australian Infantry Battalion was captured defending the island of Crete against the German land and airborne invasion in May 1941 and held as a Prisoner of War (POW) in Germany
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