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Alfred Roy SMERDON

Regimental number6380
Place of birthMount Rowan, Victoria
SchoolMount Rowan State School, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressMurrayville, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, John James Smerdon, Murrayville, Victoria
Enlistment date26 October 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll11 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 23 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll21st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 1 September 1918
Place of death or woundingMont St Quentin, France
Age at death25.7
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialPeronne Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row L, Grave No. 36), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
95
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Ann SMERDON, Murrayville, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 6381 Pte Clifford Charles SMERDON, killed in action, 9 October 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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