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Roy Alfred Walter SMITH

Regimental number1304
Place of birthAnnandale, New South Wales
SchoolAnnandale and Petersham Public Schools, Fort St High School, Sydney, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSurveyor
Address135 Annandale Street, Annandale, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Ann Smith, 135 Annandale Street, Annandale, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date2 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name19th Battalion, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT Ceramic on 25 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll19th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 15 October 1917
Place of death or woundingDaisy Wood
Age at death23.4
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXI, Row F, Grave No. ??), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
89
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frederick and Mary SMITH, 135 Annandale Street, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrother: Lt Benjamin Harold SMITH, 19th Bn, killed in action, 9 October 1917.

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