SMITH, William Alfred
| Service Number: | 5768 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 October 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Granville New South Wales, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Merrylands, Holroyd, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Merrylands Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Coachsmith |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 7 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-sur-Somme Plot IV, Row D, Grave 25 Headstone Inscription "SLEEP ON BRAVE HEART" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5768, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 3 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 5768, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 3 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 5768, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Sydney | |
| 7 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5768, 13th Infantry Battalion, Killed in action |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Alexander Malcolm and Sarah Ann SMITH, of Denmore, 95 Park Avenue, Ashfield, New South Wales. Native of Merrylands, New South Wales.
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His younger brother 3622 Pte. Harold Walter Smith 2nd Battalion AIF was killed in action near Pozieres on 20 July 1916, aged 19.
William Alfred Smith, after almost two years of illness in England, joined the 13th Battalion on the Western Front during January 1918.
His death witnessed in his Red Cross Wounded and Missing file, “He was a runner for A Company. He was five foot 10 inches, fair, and about 23 years of age. At Vaire-sur-Corbie on 7 August 1918 at 6.a.m. we were resting in billets when he was hit with pieces of shell in the head and abdomen. He received immediate attention and reached the C.C.S. at Crouy, where he died. I saw his Cross in the Military Cemetery at Crouy. Over 700 buried there. 6832 Corporal A.S. Cork, 13th Battalion.”