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Personal data

• Name SMITH
• Initials WB
• First name WILLIAM BRUCE
• Place of birth Port Albert
• Country Victoria, Australia
• Last residence South Gippsland, Victoria
• Family Son of William Bruce McGuire Smith and Elizabeth Campbell Smith, of Port Welshpool, Victoria, Australia.
• Profession Fisherman

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Enlisted 1 March 1916, Leongatha, Victoria
• Service number 5442
• Rank Private
• Medals 1914-15 Star Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
• Regiment and unit 23rd Bn. Australian Infantry
• Division - Brigade 6th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 2nd Australian Division
• National force A.I.F.
• Other data related to military career Embarked 1 August 1916, Melbourne; to France 19 November 1916

Death

• Wounded 9 October
• Type of wounds Died of shrapnel wounds abdomen, N°2 Can CCS
• Date of death 10 October 1917
• Died at the age of 28
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXI - D - 18

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