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SMITH, Harry Edward
Personal Details
Service Number: | 559 |
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Enlisted: | 9 September 1914, Enlisted at Rosebery, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1889 |
Home Town: | Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Moss Vale Public School, New South Wales |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, At sea (HS Galeka), Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 29 April 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, buried at sea Panel 39, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
9 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 559, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rosebery, NSW | |
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22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 559, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 559, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Charlotte Louisa Brown of Ferndale Street, Newtown, NSW later of Waterloo, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal