Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

Smedley S H        Pte    7312    Samuel Harold           6 Inf Bn    33    Trapper    Single    C of C       

Address:    Ascot Vale, Francis St, 104 (NOK)   

Next of Kin:    Pipe, Annie, Mrs, aunt, 104 Francis St, Ascot Vale    

Enlisted:    14 Dec 1916       

Embarked:     A70 Ballarat 19 Feb 1917 torpedoed   

The transport HMAT Ballarat after being torpedoed by a German submarine off the

southern English coast on 25 Apr 1917. In the background a British destroyer is

standing by to take the troops.  http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/C01592 AWM Collection.

War Service Commemorated