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Gosford District Casualties of World War One
Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494
Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula
Gosford District Casualties of World War One
Smith, Aubrey Service Number 184
Died of Wounds 12th October 1917 2nd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, Belgium
Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of
Benalyn Campbell
And Vivienne Tranter
in compiling this resource
The information in this file has been extracted from official records
held in the
The Australian War Memorial and
National Archives of Australia
(© Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013)
Further information on this soldier may be found online at:
Commonwealth War Graves
The AIF project
Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children
using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context
provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1st AIF.
This resource is presented by Gosford City Council
for research purposes only. Please note that copyright for resources
contained within remains with the original copyright owners.
NAME Smith, Aubrey
SERVICE NO 184
UNIT 34th Battalion
RANK L/Cpl
AGE at Enlistment 26 yrs 4 mths
PLACE OF BIRTH Tuggerah, NSW
ADDRESS Tuggerah Lakes
OCCUPATION Farmer
DATE OF ENLISTMENT 3 Jan 1916
PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT
Kurri Kurri, NSW
PREVIOUS SERVICE
NEXT OF KIN Mother;- Matilda Jane Smith, Tuggerah, NSW( mother died) Father;- Thos. Smith, Tuggerah, NSW
PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION
Height-5’10½”. Weight-?. Chest-35-37”. Complexion-Dark. Eyes-Grey. Hair-Brown.
RELIGION C/E
EMBARKED 2 May 1916 Sydney per “Hororata”
DISEMBARKED 23 Jun 1916 Plymouth per “Aragon”
NOTES
WOUNDED/ILLNESS 25 Jul 1917- Sprained Ankle/ 12 Oct 1917-GSW Abdomen
DIED 12 Oct 1917-2nd
Canadian Casualty Clearing Stn., Belgium
BURIED Lijssenthock Military Cem., Plot 20 Row J Gve 17 A. Poperinghe, Belgium
MEDALS British War Medal-38524, Victory Medal-38211. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-335939.
DEPENDANTS Mother
PERSONAL EFFECTS Metal watch(damaged) & strap, metal cigarette case, notebook, letters, cloth armlet, fountain pen, silver ring/
WILL
CORRESPONDENCE G Smith, Macpherson Estate, Wyong
Father;- Thos. Smith.
REMARKS Mentioned for Bravery & Gallantry/
Gosford Times 1
st November 1917
Men Who Have Fallen. News has been received that Private Aubrey Smith, son of Mr and Mrs J. Smith, of Tuggerah, died of
wounds “Somewhere in France” on October 12. The deceased was 25 years of age. He enlisted eighteen
months ago, and sailed with the 34th Battalion.
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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1763890
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1763890
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1763890
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1763890
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1763890
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1763890
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1763890
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1763890
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1763890
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1763890
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1763890
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1763890
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1763890
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1763890
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1763890
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1763890