SMITH S.

Given Names:  Sidney

Service Number:  1310

Unit:  Heavy Artillery Group 36, 17th reinforcements                                                         

Rank:  Gunner 

Paybook Number:  509103

Age:  18 Yrs  11 Mths

Occupation:  Soldier                                                                                                      

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  8¼ In                  

Weight:  152 Lbs

Chest:  32½-35½ In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  1/1/1918

Place:  Queenscliff

Next of Kin:  FATHER  John Frederick Smith

37 Fitzwilliam Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                   

Embarkation Date:  28/2/1918

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Nestor A71

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Port Denison                                    

Embarked:  25/9/1919                               

Disembarked:  13/11/1919

Unit:  36th Heavy Artillery Brigade                                                                                                 

Rank:  2nd Corporal

Discharge Date:  6/12/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  71958

Victory Medal:  68594

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  11/1/1899

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  John Frederick SMITH                

Mother:  Caroline GANE

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 11/11/1938                        

Place: Kew/Fitzroy, Victoria                      

Burial:  Box Hill Cemetery, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

Auburn State School

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

COMMENTS

See Inquest No. 1938-11-29; hit by cricket ball