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James SMITH

Regimental number3137
Place of birthKyneton, Victoria
SchoolSouth Kyneton, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarrier
AddressMayfield, Kerang, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation36
Next of kinFather, D Smith, Mayfield, Kerang, Victoria
Enlistment date5 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT RMS Osterley on 29 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 14 September 1916
Place of death or woundingArmentieres, France
Age at death38
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot X, Row B, Grave No. 15A), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
48
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: David and Elizabeth SMITH. Native of Kyneton, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 28353 Gunner Gordon Harold SMITH, 36th HAB, returned to Australia, 11 May 1919.

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