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William Lovell SMITH

Regimental number3908
Place of birthLondon, England
Age on arrival in Australia22
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address74 Lennox Street, Newtown, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation32
Next of kinWife, Mrs K Smith, 74 Lennox Street, Newtown, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date10 August 1915
Place of enlistmentHolsworthy, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 30 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 29 June 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death32
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialEstaires Communal Cemetery (Plot III, Row E, Grave No. 3), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
38
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of Kathleen SMITH, 61 Abermarle Street, Newtown, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsNil
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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