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George Henry SMITH

Regimental number2363
Place of birthSydney New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBricklayer's labourer
AddressRockdale, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation35
Next of kinWife, Mrs M J Smith, Lacey Cottage, Farr Street, Rockdale, New South Wales
Enlistment date8 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameMining Corps Reinforcement 2
AWM Embarkation Roll number16/7/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A16 Star Of Victoria on 31 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Tunnelling Company
FateKilled in Action 29 November 1917
Age at death from cemetery records37
Place of burialMenin Road South Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row N, Grave No. 4), Ypres, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
27
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Hannah SMITH; husband of Mary SMITH, 1 The Terrace, Bay Street, Rockdale, New South Wales. Native of Sydney

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