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Peter SMITH

Regimental number4893
Place of birthLythehouse near Hawick, Scotland
Place of birthBonchester Bridge, Hawick, Scotland
SchoolHobkirk near Hawick, Scotland
Age on arrival in Australia24
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressAlbany, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinSister, Mrs L. Graham, 11 Ettrick Terrace, Hawick, Scotland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date21 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 1 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll51st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 24 April 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death33
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialVillers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row A, Grave No. 9),ouilloy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
154
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Mary SMITH
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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