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Sergeant ERNEST RALPH SMITH

Service Number: 6721
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Field Artillery

4th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 26 August 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GORDON DUMP CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE

I. A. 10.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur and Elizabeth Eleanor Smith, of "Stroud," Surrey Rd., Blackburn, Victoria, Australia. Native of Victoria, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription HIS DUTY DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

GORDON DUMP CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1680
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