William Ernest SMITH

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Service Number:	19755
Enlisted:	18 September 1915, Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	8th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Bulla, Victoria, 1890
Home Town:	Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of Lobar Pneumonia, France, 21 June 1918
Cemetery:	Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-sur-Somme Plot II, Row D, Grave 23 Headstone Inscription "THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY", Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy St Pierre, Amiens, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

18 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 19755, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria
20 May 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 19755, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , Embarked on HMAT 'A7' Medic from Melbourne on 20th May 1916, disembarking Plymouth 18th July 1916.
1 Dec 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 8th Field Artillery Brigade
8 Aug 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 19755, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , Proceeded to Rouelles, France from Southampton.
30 Aug 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade
7 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 8th Field Artillery Brigade
5 Jun 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , Admitted to hospital with Bronchitis, transferred to 47th Casualty Clearing Station with Pneumonia. Succumbed to Lobar Pneumonia on 21st June 1918.

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Son of William and Annie SMITH; husband of Christina D. SMITH, of Lakes Entrance, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.