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Forbes Tynan Gold SMITH

Place of birthBalmain, New South Wales
SchoolGladstone Park Public School, Balmain, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationAccountant
AddressGlendalyn, Fitzwilliam Road, Vaucluse, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinWife, Mrs J B Smith, C/ G. Cubis, Fitwilliam Road, Vaucluse, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the Cadets at the age of 14 for two years.
Enlistment date26 September 1915
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit name3rd Battalion, 20th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 9 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 2 October 1917
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Given name Forbes Tynan
Place of death or woundingReninhelst, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialThe Huts Cemetery (Plot IX, Row A, Grave No. 25), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
38
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: David and Maude SMITH; husband of Leila SMITH, Glendalyn, Fitzwilliam Road, Vaucluse, New South Wales. Native of Balmain, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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