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Edwin Richardson Smith

Private

Service No. 462

Age 24

Died on 26 August 1916

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE

Somme, France

Son of Edwin McMaster Smith and Dinah Smith, of Lancaster, Victoria, Australia. Native of Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia.

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Barry Carpenter

Thank you to all who lost their lives to save our countries. You will always be remembered.

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R Urquhart

Edwin was passing through Pozieres, a shell hit his company. Edwin was killed instantly and buried where he fell.

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To a soldier of the great war. I do not know you but I would have liked to have known you. You were a brother in arms with my paterna...

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Edwin Richardson Smith was born in Mooroopna in 1892, the son of Edwin McMaster Smith and Dinah Richardson.  Edwin Sr was an agent in Mooro...

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