David Augustus SMITH

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SMITH, David Augustus

Service Number:	2203
Enlisted:	21 April 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Annandale, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Corrimal, Wollongong, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 6 August 1915
Cemetery:	Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Special Memorial, Row C, Grave 135 Headstone inscription reads: Their glory shall not be blotted out.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

21 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2203, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
16 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2203, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: ''
6 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2203, 2nd Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Next of kin given as his brother Bernard Matthew Smith of Corrimal, NSW who was later killed in action on 3 May 1917 and has no known grave. His name appears on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial; also brother of John Edward Smith of Springwood, NSW later of Cahireen, County Clare, Ireland

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

David Augustus Smith was born in Annandale, New South Wales, during 1891. Birth records show parents as Matthew and Mary Smith, who were deceased. His only surviving youngest brother J.E. Smith, was attending college in Ireland during correspondence with Base Records regarding his death, and also the death of another brother, 4764 Pte. Bernard Matthew Smith 19th Battalion AIF, who was killed in action on 3 May 1917, at Bullecourt, France, at 19 years of age.

John Edward Smith was the only surviving member of the family and being born in 1902, was only 13 years of age when his oldest brother was killed at Gallipoli.

Kate Moss of Corrimal, an aunt, was also included as a contact for the other brother, Bernard Matthew Smith.

J.E. Smith eventually received all of D.A. Smith’s awards and entitlements.

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