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Hubert Walter SMITH

Regimental number1937
Place of birthHindmarsh, South Australia
SchoolHindmarsh Public School, South Australia
ReligionBaptist
OccupationFarmer
AddressWest Street, Brompton, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinWife, Mrs Ida Smith, Chapel Street, Norwood, South Australia
Enlistment date26 February 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll7 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 2
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/17/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 11 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Pioneer Battalion
FateDied of wounds 10 May 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialGrevillers British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row E, Grave No. 7), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
175
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Emeline SMITH; husband of Ida SMITH, Mount Barker, South Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother Elgar Charles Smith served.

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