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• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Semaphore
• Land South Australia
• Last residence Mutooroo station, Cockburn
• Family Son of Andrew and Jessie Smith, of "Aviemore", Stephen Terrace, Gilberton, South Australia; two older brothers, Ross and Keith, both pilots, won the Great Air Race to Australia in 1919;
• Education Queen's School, Adelaide; Warriston School
• Profession Bank clerk

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 2 September 1915
• Rank Lieutenant
• Medals 1914-15 Star Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
• Regiment and unit 10th Bn. Australian Infantry
• Other data related to military career Embarked to France 7 November 1916; promoted Lieutenant June 1917;

Death

• Wounded 6 October Broodseinde
• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds femur and leg, in n°3 Can CCS
• Died at the age of 22
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXV - C - 1

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