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About Herbert William Smith
GEDCOM Note
Herbert William Smith b.1 Feb 1890 d.5 May 1917
No.4633, Corporal, 18th Battalion AIF, attached to 5th Light Trench Mortar Battery (5LTMB) died of wounds, 5 May 1917, Bullecourt France.
Herb was ≤a href="01021890.JPG">born at home≤/a>, Russell Street, Bathurst, NSW, Australia.
≤a href="HWSM1890.JPG">Photo sent by Herb≤/a>, from Lithgow, to his mother in Bathurst.
Albert, Herb's brother, said Herb joined the ≤a href="COOEEMA1.JPG">Cooee March≤/a> and ≤a href="COOEEMA2.JPG">marched on board≤/a> with a revolver, which was taken from him.
≤a href="02111915.JPG">Enlistment≤/a>
≤a href="05051917.JPG">Statement of Army Service≤/a>
≤a href="HWSMI16A.JPG">Photo taken on the transport ship≤/a>, White Star Liner Megantic, in the Mediteranean, on the way from Egypt to England,
June 1st 1916. Herb wrote that they had to wear their lifebelts all the time in case they were torpedoed.
≤a href="HWSM1917.JPG">Herb's war grave≤/a>, France 512 Grevillers British Cemetery, Plot III Row C 13.
Australian War Memorial 145 ≤a href="HWS1917A.JPG">Roll of Honour Card≤/a> 1914-1918 War, Army
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Herbert William Smith's Timeline
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February 1, 1890
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Russell Street, Bathurst, NSW, Australia
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March 28, 1890
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All Saints Anglican Cathedral, Bathurst, NSW, Australia
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May 5, 1917
Age 27
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Bullecourt, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
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May 1917
Age 27
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Grevillers British Cemetery, France
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