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Private JOHN HEWITSON SMYTHE

Service Number: 1393
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

39th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 April 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE

II. I. 18.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of John George and Ethel Smythe, of Mercer St., Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia. Native of Ballarat, Victoria.
  • Personal Inscription A KIND AND DUTIFUL SON ONE OF THE BEST HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR OTHERS
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Buried or commemorated at

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2973
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