Smith, William James (1054)
Place of Birth: Melbourne, VIC
Age: 27 years
Enlistment Details: Monday, 3 May 1915 – Perth, WA
Service Number: 1054 view online service record
Address:
No 1 Mill
Manjinup, WA
Next of Kin:
John Smith (father)
55 Brighton Street
Richmond, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Thursday, 18 November 1915
Ship: HMAT Geelong A2
Port: Adelaide, SA
Unit: 32nd Infantry Battalion
Fate:
KIA: Wednesday, 19 July 1916
Place: France
Private, 32 Infantry, killed in action 19 July, 1916, France, aged 27, commemorated VC Corner Australian Cemetery, France
1054 (Parents: John and Catherine SMITH, born Port Melbourne, educated Yarragon SS. Enlisted from Manjinup in Western Australia, a 27-year-old timber worker with his father as next of kin in Richmond. Brother, 1696, George Stoddart SMITH, born Yarragon, killed in action 9 August 1915. Circular returned showing Big Brook, Western Australia as place of association)
Additional Research by Brian Membrey