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William SMITH

Regimental number2389
Place of birthWallsend, New South Wales
SchoolWallsend Public School, New South Wales
ReligionBaptist
OccupationLabourer
AddressMetcalfe Street, Wallsend, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinFather, H R Smith, Metcalfe Street, Wallsend, New South Wales
Enlistment date10 May 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll24 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name36th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/53/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 17 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll36th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 18 October 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XXXIV, Row H, Grave No. 20), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
127
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Hercules and Elizabeth SMITH, Metcalfe Street, Wallsend, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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