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Gunner ERNEST ROBERTSON SMITH

Service Number: 9901
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Field Artillery

13th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 22 August 1918

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CERISY-GAILLY MILITARY CEMETERY

I. A. 28.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of William Ritchie Smith and Martha Smith, of Taringa, Queensland. Born at Brisbane, Queensland.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

CERISY-GAILLY MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 745
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