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William Bowyer SMITH

Regimental number3766
Place of birthOxfordshire, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressHill Street, South Perth, Western Australia
Marital statusWidower
Age at embarkation38
Next of kinSon, Edmund Bowyer Smith, c/o Mrs Florance A Jones, Hill Street, South Perth, Western Australia
Enlistment date22 May 1916
Place of enlistmentAlbany, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 9
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/14/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 11 May 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Pioneer Battalion
FateKilled in Action 11 March 1918
Place of death or woundingNieppe
Age at death40
Age at death from cemetery records40
Place of burialPont D'Achelles Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row G, Grave No. 3), Nieppe, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
173
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edmund and Katherine SMITH. Native of Victoria

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