William Edmund (Bill) SMITH

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Service Numbers:	NX146732, N435402
Enlisted:	31 January 1942, Trangie, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Trangie, New South Wales, Australia, 23 August 1923
Home Town:	Trangie, Narromine, New South Wales
Schooling:	Certificate for entry to Secondary School
Occupation:	Station Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 4 November 1943, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Location ~ Plot 1A. Row C. Grave 6. Inscription ~ "THY WILL BE DONE"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX146732
31 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N435402, 1 Field Regiment AMF, Trangie, New South Wales
9 Feb 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX146732, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion

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