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Herbert William SMITH

Regimental number4633
Place of birthBathurst, New South Wales
SchoolBathurst Superior Public School, New South Wales
Other trainingTechnical College, Bathurst, NSW
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarpenter
Address52 Dillon Street, Paddington, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Smith, 52 Dillon Street, Paddington, New South Wales
Enlistment date2 November 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name18th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/35/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 9 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll18th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 5 May 1917
Place of death or woundingBullecourt, France
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialGrevillers British Cemetery (Plot III, Row C, Grave 13), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
20
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Herbert and Ellen SMITH, 40 Chilholm Street, Moore Park, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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