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John SMITH

Regimental number3689
Place of birthCunnamulla, Queensland
SchoolState School, Queensland
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
Addressc/o J E Smith, Kingsthorpe via Toowoomba, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs Marion Smith, c/o J E Smith, Kingsthorpe via Toowoomba, Queensland
Enlistment date2 July 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name52nd Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/69/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 31 October 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll52nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 24 April 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death18.3
Age at death from cemetery records18
Place of burialAdelaide Cemetery (Plot III, Row M, Grave No. 10), Villers-Bretonneux, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
156
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Marion SMITH, Kelvin Dale, Kingsthorpe, Queensland. Native of Cunnamulla, Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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