Harold Wright SMITH

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SMITH, Harold Wright

Service Number:	740
Enlisted:	14 December 1915, An original member of C Company 41st Bn.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	31st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Urandangie, Queensland, Australia, 13 July 1896
Home Town:	Burketown, Burke, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grazier
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 23 January 1917, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Heilly Station Cemetery Plot V, Row E, Grave No. 39.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burketown Burke Shire Council WW1 Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

14 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 740, 41st Infantry Battalion, An original member of C Company 41st Bn.
18 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 740, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
18 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 740, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
23 Jan 1917:	Involvement Private, 740, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 740 awm_unit: 31st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-01-23

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Harold was the son of Oliver James and Elizabeth Adelaide Smith, of Brookdale Station, Burketown, Queensland.

His older brother, 5221 Pte. Oliver Hambleton Smith 47th Battalion AIF, was killed in action at Messines, Belgium on 7 June 1917, aged 23.

Harold was badly wounded in the left shoulder on 20 January 1917 and died of his wounds three days later in a Casualty Clearing Station based in Mericourt-L'Abbe, France.

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