SMITH F.J.

Given Names:  Frederick John

Service Number: 

Unit:  5th Battalion, 14th reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  2nd Lieutenant                                                                                                     

Paybook Number: 

Age:  26 Yrs  9 Mths

Occupation:  Master Mariner                                                                                          

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Methodist

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  6 Ft  ½ In                    

Weight:  161 Lbs

Chest:  34-38 In

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ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  24/4/1915

Place: 

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Charles Frederick Smith

12 Stirling Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                        

Embarkation Date:  28/1/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Thermistocles A32

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Miltiades

Embarked:  4/5/1917                                 

Disembarked: 

Unit:  5th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Lieutenant

Discharge Date:  10/12/1917                     

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  33360

Victory Medal:  33117

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  21/6/1888

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  Charles Frederick SMITH            

Mother:  Henrietta TOON

MARRIAGE

Year:  1917     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Dorothea Eunice GARSIDE

DEATH

Date or Year: 4/6/1968                            

Place: Canterbury, Victoria                      

Burial:  Box Hill Cemetery, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 8/8/1916

Wounded in action 1/3/1917; gun shot wound, eye

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Auburn State School

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  RAN?                                          

Date Enlisted:  9/10/1939                                        

Date Discharged:  15/3/1946

COMMENTS

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