Walter Edward SMITH

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Service Number:	NX69133
Enlisted:	6 March 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Currawarna, New South Wales, Australia, 17 April 1919
Home Town:	Currawarna, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, Papua, 13 November 1942, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section B. Plot 1, Row C, Grave 8. Inscription: "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX69133
6 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX69133, 2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion

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Son of Charles and Elizabeth Smith.

Brother of Stanley Richard Smith who died 4th May 1940 aged 17yrs.