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Verner Eldred SMITHWICK

Regimental number3118
Place of birthRichmond, Victoria
SchoolYarra
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address6 Abbotsford Street, Abbotsford
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinWife, Mrs Mary E Smithwick, 6 Abbotsford Street, Abbotsford
Previous military serviceServed for 8 years with the Citizen Military Forces at Melbourne, Victoria.
Enlistment date11 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit name5th Field Company Engineers
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/24/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 24 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Field Company Engineers
FateKilled in Action 7 December 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death29.9
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialBernafay Wood British Cemetery (Row I, Grave No. 46), Montauban, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
25
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Margarett SMITHWICK; husband of Mary SMITHWICK, 25 coolamon Street, Sunshine, Victoria. Native of Richmond

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