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Lance Corporal WILLIAM SPURWAY SMITH

Service Number: 26970
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F.

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 October 1917

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOCHY FARM NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

II. A. 28.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur and Isabel Smith, of 115, Packes St., St. Albans, Christchurch, New Zealand. Native of Oamaru, New Zealand.
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DOCHY FARM NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1439
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