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Walter George SMITH

Regimental number2891
Place of birthVictoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDriver
Address6 Empress Road, East St Kilda, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinGuardian, Mrs Wensley, 6 Empress Road, East St. Kilda, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date5 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A16 Star Of Victoria on 10 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Pioneer Battalion
FateKilled in Action 30 September 1917
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialWhite House Cemetery (Plot III, Row S, Grave No. 12), St. Jean-Les-Ypres, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
175
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Ward of Mrs M. WENSLEY, 58 Donald Street, Prahran, Victoria

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