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James Henry SMITH

Regimental number5424
Place of birthStawell, Victoria
SchoolStawell State School, Victoria
ReligionSalvation Army
OccupationCarter
Address160 Cubett Street, Richmond, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation39
Next of kinWife, Mrs M Smith, 28 Eastbourne Street, Windsor, Victoria
Enlistment date1 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name24th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 1 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll24th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Place of death or woundingBelgium
Age at death41
Age at death from cemetery records41
Place of burialAeroplane Cemetery (Plot V, Row A, Grave No. 4), Ypres, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
103
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Daniel and Mary SMITH; husband of margaret SMITH, 45 Claremont Street, South Yarra. Native of Stawell
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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