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Alfred Jacob SMITH

Regimental number2878
Place of birthSt Ives, New South Wales
SchoolSt Ives Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressGordon Street, Pymble, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinSister, Miss Charlotte Smith, Cowan Road, St Ives, North Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date14 November 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll31 July 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name36th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/53/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on 25 November 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll2892
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll36th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 13 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death24.6
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXI, Row A, Grave No. 19A), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
127
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edwin and Mary SMITH. Native of St. Ives, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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