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Personal data

• Name SMITH
• Initials LC
• First name LANCELOT CROPLEY
• Place of birth Albert Park
• Country Victoria, Australia
• Last residence East Malvern, Victoria
• Family Son of Thomas and Minnie Ellen Smith, of "Merton," Ranfurlie Crescent, East Malvern, Victoria, Australia.
• Profession Surveyor
• Extra info Commemorated at the family's collective burial area in Kew General Cemetery, Boroondara;

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 6 June 1916, Prahran, Victoria
• Service number 12306
• Rank Private
• Medals M M, 1914-15 Star Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
• Regiment and unit 10th Field Ambulance Australian Army Medical Corps
• Army - Corps - Division 3rd Australian Division
• National force A.I.F.
• Other data related to military career Embarked 20 June 1916, Melbourne; to France 24 November 1916; served with 10th Field Ambulance; later detatched as medical orderley with the 38th Bn, 1st AIF

Death

• Wounded 14 October
• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds back and chest, in n° 2 Can CCS
• Date of death 15 October 1917
• Died at the age of 20
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXI - F - 21A

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