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Arthur Herbert SMITH

Regimental number498
Place of birthKooroocheany, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressKooroocheang, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation33
Next of kinFather, William H Smith, Kooroocheang, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Smeaton Rifle Club.
Enlistment date20 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll21st Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularHe was in the Southland when torpeoded.
FateKilled in Action 26 August 1916
Place of death or woundingReported missing near Pozieres, France.
Age at death35
Age at death from cemetery records35
Place of burialAveluy Wood Cemetery (Plot I, Row M, Grave No. 8), (Lancashire Dump), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
95
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Albert and Emily SMITH. Native of Kooroocheang, Victoria
Family/military connectionsUncle to Lieut Charles Smith.

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