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Walter Manley SMITH

Regimental number1757
Place of birthColac Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressColac, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFriend, Miss Annie Colgate, Meeniyan, South Gippsland, Victoria
Enlistment date26 February 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll21 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name58th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/75/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 4 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll58th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 30 September 1918
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialDoingt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row E, Grave No. I), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
166
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Native of Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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