Smith, Norman William
Rank: Lance-Corporal
Regiment: 39th Battalion Australian Imperial Force
Biography: Son of William Smith, Dulford, Bridge of Don ; born 1893 ; educated at Denmore Public School and Robert Gordon's College ; matriculated in Agriculture, 1907. After attending classes in the Agricultural Department for two winters he went to Melbourne, Australia, and continued in business there till he joined the Australian Imperial Force in March 1916. He came to England in August 1916, and went through a course of training on Salisbury Plain, during which he was made a Lance-Corporal and entered the Lewis Gun Section. In November he proceeded to France with his Battalion and was slightly wounded in February 1917. The following June he was seriously wounded at Messines and died the next day, 8 June 1917.
Date of Death: 08 June 1917
Burial Details: Buried at Pont d'Achelles Military Cemetery, Nieppe, Plot 2, Row A, Grave 13.
Publication: Roll of Service, edited by Mabel Desborough Allardyce. Published 1921.
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