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George Alfred SMITH

Regimental number3486
Place of birthSydney New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationOptician
AddressWinston, Aubin Street, Neutral Bay, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation39
Next of kinWife, Mrs H Smith, Winston, Aubin Street, Neutral Bay, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date16 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll3 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 13 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Pioneer Battalion
FateKilled in Action 5 August 1916
Date of death7 September 1918
Place of burialCairo War Memorial Cemetery (Row O, Grave No. 237), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
175
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Accidentally killed misadventure - explosion of a demonstration fuse at School of Inst

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