SMITH W.H.

Given Names:  William Herbert

Service Number:  1379

Unit:  Signal Company Engineers, 8th reinforcements                                                       

Rank:  Sapper 

Paybook Number:  40486

Age:  18 Yrs  10 Mths

Occupation:  Bank Officer                                                                                              

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  5½ In                  

Weight:  127 Lbs

Chest:  33-36 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fair

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  8/5/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  William Ernest Smith

Clarkedale', Station Street, East Kew, Victoria                                                                   

Embarkation Date:  15/9/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  SS Makarini

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Soudan  

Embarked:  12/5/1919                               

Disembarked:  29/6/1919

Unit:  1st Divisional Signal Company                                                                                              

Rank:  Corporal

Discharge Date:  21/8/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  15098

British War Medal:  19587

Victory Medal:  19460

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1896

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  William Ernest SMITH                 

Mother:  Bessie BLEWITT

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 23/8/1996                          

Place: ,           

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

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