Occupation Bank accountant
Address Burringbar, Manning River, New South Wales
Marital status Married
Age at embarkation 33
Next of kin Wife, Mrs. Lula Mary Smith, Tweed Heads, New South Wales
Rank on enlistment Lieutenant
Unit name 6th Light Horse Regiment, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 10/11/2
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A65 Clan Mcewen on 28 June 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll Captain
Unit from Nominal Roll 6th Light Horse Regiment
Fate Killed in Action 9 January 1917
Age at death from cemetery records 34
Place of burial Kantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row E, Grave No. 69), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial 10
Miscellaneous information from
cemetery records Parents: James and Annie SMITH; husband of Leila SMITH, Burringbar, New South Wales. Native of Muswellbrook, New South Wales
Other details
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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Photo --Lieutenant (later Captain) George Achilles Smith 3rd Battalion, Imperial Camel Corps, of Muswellbrook, NSW. Son of the late James and Annie Townshend Smith; husband of Leila M. Smith, of Burringbar, New South Wales. A bank accountant prior to enlisting he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Clan MacEwen (A65) on 28 June 1915 with 6th Light Horse Regiment. He was killed in action on 9 January 1917 at Rafa, Palestine, aged 34
Occupation Bank accountant
Address Burringbar, Manning River, New South Wales
Marital status Married
Age at embarkation 33
Next of kin Wife, Mrs. Lula Mary Smith, Tweed Heads, New South Wales
Rank on enlistment Lieutenant
Unit name 6th Light Horse Regiment, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 10/11/2
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A65 Clan Mcewen on 28 June 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll Captain
Unit from Nominal Roll 6th Light Horse Regiment
Fate Killed in Action 9 January 1917
Age at death from cemetery records 34
Place of burial Kantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row E, Grave No. 69), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial 10
Miscellaneous information from
cemetery records Parents: James and Annie SMITH; husband of Leila SMITH, Burringbar, New South Wales. Native of Muswellbrook, New South Wales
Other details
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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Photo --Lieutenant (later Captain) George Achilles Smith 3rd Battalion, Imperial Camel Corps, of Muswellbrook, NSW. Son of the late James and Annie Townshend Smith; husband of Leila M. Smith, of Burringbar, New South Wales. A bank accountant prior to enlisting he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Clan MacEwen (A65) on 28 June 1915 with 6th Light Horse Regiment. He was killed in action on 9 January 1917 at Rafa, Palestine, aged 34
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Imperial Camel Corps (Australian)
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