SMITH, Cecil
| Service Numbers: | 2002, 2002A |
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| Enlisted: | 25 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cooma, New South Wales, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Numeralla, Cooma-Monaro, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm hand |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 12 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Block P, Plot II, Row J, Grave No. 11B, St Sever Cemetery Extension, Haute-Normandie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2002, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 2002, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 2002, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney | |
| 3 Oct 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 18th Infantry Battalion, Transferred at Gallipoli to 18th Battalion | |
| 12 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 2002A, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2002A awm_unit: 18 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-05-12 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Cecil Smith served at Gallipoli from the start of October 1915. He only lasted a few weeks before being evacuated with enteritis. He was wounded in action at Pozieres on the 4 August 1916 and evacuated to England with gunshot or shrapnel wounds to the right leg and left shoulder. He rejoined his battalion during January 1917 and was severely wounded at Bullecourt on 6 May 1917. He died of his wounds six days later in the 1st Australian General Hospital located in Rouen.
His younger brother, Corporal Frederic Irwern Smith 4th Battalion AIF had been killed in action at Lagnicourt less than a month previous on 15 April 1917.