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Joseph SMYTH

Regimental number706
Place of birthDulkey, Dublin, Ireland
SchoolRavenscroft National School, Ireland
Age on arrival in Australia19
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address8 Uniondale Street, Belfast
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinJoseph Smith, 8 Uniondale Street, Belfast
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date22 March 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll17 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name24th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll24th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 12 August 1916
Place of death or woundingSomme sector, France
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery (Plot B, Row 35, Grave No. II), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
103
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Emily SMYTH, 8 Union Dale Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland

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