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SMITH, Edward Sidney
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX42563 |
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Enlisted: | 28 June 1940, Caulfield, VIC, Australia |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Delatite, Victoria, Australia, 5 January 1919 |
Home Town: | Delatite, Mansfield, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | University student |
Died: | Killed in Action, Egypt, 22 July 1942, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
El Alamein War Cemetery Grave Location: XVI. C. 14., El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Marsa Matruh, Egypt |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Warragul War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement VX42563 | |
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28 Jun 1940: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, VX42563, 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein, Edward Sidney SMITH; VX42563; Corporal - 2nd/26th Australian Infantry Battalion - A.I.F - Australian Army - WWII; Date & Place of Death: 22 July 1942; Egypt - El Alamein; Cause of Death: Killed in action; Cemetery or Memorial Details: El Alamein War Cemetery - El Alamein, Marsa Mutrah, Egypt. | |
28 Jun 1940: | Wounded Corporal, VX42563, 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein, Edward Sidney SMITH; VX42563; Corporal - 2nd/24th Australian Infantry Battalion - A.I.F - Australian Army - WWII; Date & Place of Death: 22 July 1942 - El Alamein, Egypt; Cause of Death: Killed in action; Cemetery or Memorial Details: El Alamein War Cemetery - El Alamein, Marsa Mutrah, Egypt. | |
28 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, VX42563, 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion, Caulfield, VIC, Australia | |
28 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, VX42563, 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion |
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