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George SMITH

Regimental number2247
Date of birth15 December 1876
Place of birthTemplers, South Australia
ReligionBaptist
OccupationGanger
AddressFreeling, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation39
Next of kinWife, Mrs Martha Smith, Freeling, South Australia
Enlistment date9 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name48th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/65/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 12 August 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll2247A
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll48th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 16 April 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death49
Age at death from cemetery records49
Place of burialGrevillers British Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 6), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
147
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Eliza SMITH; husband of M. SMITH, Freeling, South Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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