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Walter Leslie SMITH

Regimental number4901
Place of birthTimor, Victoria
SchoolState School, Geelong, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address15 Cedric Street, North Hobart, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation36
Next of kinBrother, Mr C T Smith, Waterworks Road, Hobart, Tasmania
Previous military serviceServed in Senior Cadets, Bendigo, Victoria.
Enlistment date15 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 18 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 21 April 1918
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death20
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Hobart Garden of Remembrance
Family/military connectionsBrothers: Captain Richard Godfrey SMITH, 21st Bn; Harold Ernest SMITH, 22nd Bn: both killed in action, Mouquet Farm, 26 August 1916.
Date of death30 October 1948

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