SMITH R.H.

Given Names:  Roy Herbert

Service Number:  3360

Unit:  2nd Field Ambulance, Section C                                                                             

Rank:  Private  

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Age:  23 Yrs   

Occupation:  Clerk                                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Methodist

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  10½ In                

Weight:  140 Lbs

Chest:  34-36½ In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fair

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  11/3/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Charles Frederick Smith

12 Stirling Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                        

Embarkation Date:  4/6/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Ajana A31

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Borda    

Embarked:  20/10/1918                             

Disembarked:  15/12/1918

Unit:  13th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Lieutenant

Discharge Date:  28/6/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  7217

British War Medal:  14885

Victory Medal:  14786

Other:    Military Medal

BIRTH

Date or Year:  3/4/1891

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  Charles Frederick SMITH            

Mother:  Henrietta TOON

MARRIAGE

Year:  1921     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Dorothy May HOLDEN

DEATH

Date or Year: 1/12/1969                          

Place: Hawthorn, Victoria                        

Burial:  Kew Cemetery, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Served at Gallipoli

Wounded in action 4/7/1918; gun shot wound, thigh & abdomen

Military Medal recommended whilst a Lance Corporal with 12th Australian Field Ambulance; for general good work during the operations near Pozieres between 27/7/1916 to 15/8/1916 and 27/8/1916 to 5/9/1916

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Kew State School

Kew Independent Church

Auburn State School

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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