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James Vernon Clive SMITH

Regimental number465
Place of birthRouchel, New South Wales
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLivery-stable proprietor
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 11"
Weight156 lbs
Next of kinJ.J. Smith, Rowan Street, Manilla, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date16 September 1914
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Light Horse Regiment, C Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/11/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 21 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Light Horse Regiment
FateReturned to Australia 7 November 1915
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance
Discharge date23 April 1916
Family/military connectionsBrother: 466 Driver Walter Archibald SMITH, Australian Flying Corps, discharged (medically unfit), Albany, Western Australia, 30 December 1914.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 15 May 1915.

Admitetd to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 27 June 1915 (influenza); transferred to 26th Casualty Clearing Station, Mudros, 28 May 1915; to Malta, 16 July 1915, and admitted to Tigne Hospital; transferred to Ghain Tuiffieha, 15 August 1915; to England, 26 August 1915, and admitted to Endell Street Military Hospital, London WC, 9 September 1915 (heart disease); transferred to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 15 September 1915.

Commenced return to Australia from Portland on board HT 'Runic', 7 November 1915 (shell shock); discharged (medically unfit), 23 April 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death2 June 1960
SourcesNAA: B2455, SMITH James Vernon Clive

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