Regimental number | 4901 |
Place of birth | Timor, Victoria |
School | State School, Geelong, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | 15 Cedric Street, North Hobart, Tasmania |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 36 |
Next of kin | Brother, Mr C T Smith, Waterworks Road, Hobart, Tasmania |
Previous military service | Served in Senior Cadets, Bendigo, Victoria. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 12th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/29/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 12th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Place of death or wounding | Pozieres, Somme Sector, France |
Age at death | 20 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Plaque in Hobart Garden of Remembrance |
Family/military connections | Brothers: Captain Richard Godfrey SMITH, 21st Bn; Harold Ernest SMITH, 22nd Bn: both killed in action, Mouquet Farm, 26 August 1916. |
Date of death |