SMITH W.L.

Given Names:  William Leslie

Service Number:  3255

Unit:  21st Battalion, 7th reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number:  79664

Age:  18 Yrs  1 Mth

Occupation:  Carpenter                                                                                                  

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Baptist

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  10½ In                

Weight:  142 Lbs

Chest:  33½-35 In

Hair:  Golden, Curly

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  11/8/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Robert William Smith

17 Ermington Place, Kew, Victoria                                                                                    

Embarkation Date:  18/11/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Wiltshire A18

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Orontes 

Embarked:  20/12/1918                             

Disembarked:  30/1/1919

Unit:  13th Field Artillery Brigade                                                                                                   

Rank:  Gunner

Discharge Date:  16/3/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  19560

British War Medal:  27925

Victory Medal:  27755

Other:    Military Medal

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1897

Place:  Essendon, Victoria                       

Father:  Robert William SMITH                

Mother:  Sarah Louisa WILLIS

MARRIAGE

Year:  1922     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Florence Hilda GALLOP

DEATH

Date or Year: 7/7/1974                            

Place: Heidelberg, Victoria                      

Burial:  Kew Cemetery, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Military Medal recommendation dated 14/3/1918; courage and devotion to duty by repairing wire communication under continuous fire, east of Messines

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Kew RSL

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  V366124                                     

Date Enlisted:  16/3/1942                                        

Date Discharged:  12/2/1945

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

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