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Butler Cole SMYTH

Regimental number456
Date of birth25 February 1894
Place of birthWarragul, Victoria
SchoolKing's College, Warragul, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBank clerk
AddressBlackwood Park, Nizma, Gippsland, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, Charles Smyth, Blackwood Park, Nizma, Gippsland, Victoria
Enlistment date16 February 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularJoined the Bank of New South Wales, Melbourne, 12 October 1910.
FateReturned to Australia 21 December 1917
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Victorian Garden of Remembrance
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Wounded in action, Bullecourt, France, 3 May 1917.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death24 July 1971
Sources'Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour' (Sydney, 1921), p. 364.

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