John Olly SMITH

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Service Number:	6
Enlisted:	24 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	1st Field Ambulance
Born:	Yethong, New South Wales, Australia , 1888
Home Town:	Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Ironworker
Died:	Killed In Action, Gallipoli, 24 November 1915
Cemetery:	7th Field Ambulance Cemetery Special Memorial, Row C, Grave 43 Headstone inscription reads: Their glory shall not be blotted out
Memorials:	Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board

24 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 6, 1st Field Ambulance, Enlisted at Sydney
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement 6, 1st Field Ambulance, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked 6, 1st Field Ambulance, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
24 Nov 1915:	Involvement Sergeant, 6, 1st Field Ambulance, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6 awm_unit: 1st Australian Field Ambulance awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-11-24

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Son of John Barker Smith and Ann Smith. Husband of Eliza Smith of 197 Addison Road, Marrickville, NSW. Father of John Sidney Smith

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