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George Thomas SMITH

Regimental number5622
Place of birthOatlands Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarm labourer
AddressOatlands, Tasmania
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation39
Next of kinWife, Mrs C M Smith, Oatlands, Tasmania
Enlistment date18 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameTunnelling Companies, October 1916, Reinforcements
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 25 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Tunnelling Company
FateKilled in Action 27 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records40
Place of burialRamscappelle Road Military Cemetery (Nieuport-Bains Cemetery, Memorial No. 6), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
27
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Michael and Eliza SMITH; husband of Katherine SMITH, High Street, Oatlands, Tasmania. Commemorated in St Peter's Anglican Churchyard, Oatlands, Tasmania. Wife: Katherine M. SMITH (d. 19 February 1940, bu. St Peter's)~
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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