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Walter Allan SMITH

Regimental number4300
Place of birth40 Buxton St, Mile End, New Town, London, England
SchoolAll Saints Church School, Buxton St, Mile End, New Town, London, England
Age on arrival in Australia20
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationGroom
AddressMelbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs L Smith, 22 Medway Road, Bow, London, NE, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date7 August 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/22/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 29 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 21 April 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialAchiet-Le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row M, Grave No. 32), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
45
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Walter and Louisa SMITH, 26 Medway Raod, Bow, London, England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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