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Colin Lindsay SMITH

Regimental number3135
Place of birthRooty Hill, New South Wales
SchoolWagga Public School and Fort St Public School, Sydney, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationClerk
AddressRailway Station, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, C McSmith, Stationmaster, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Enlistment date3 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on 8 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll55th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularWounded at Fleurbaix 29th July 1916, returned to his unit about 26th January 1917.
FateKilled in Action 2 April 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death19.11
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialHermies Hill British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row D, Grave No. 24/28), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
161
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Colin and Annie SMITH, "Bristol", Denison road, Petersham, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsCousins Cecil Gordon Lindsay 26th Battalion, Lieut Thomas Lindsay 45th Battalion.

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