Cyril Clement SMITH

SMITH, Cyril Clement

Service Numbers: 19353, N386502
Enlisted: 14 September 1915, Lithgow, NSW
Last Rank: Warrant Officer Class 2
Last Unit: 7th Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Bowenfels, NSW, 18 May 1895
Home Town: Mudgee, Mid-Western Regional, New South Wales
Schooling: Fort Street High School Sydney
Occupation: Bank Clerk
Died: Narrabri, NSW, 30 October 1961, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book, Temora Public School Honour Roll, Temora WW1 War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

14 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 19353, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Lithgow, NSW
11 May 1916: Embarked Corporal, 19353, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
11 May 1916: Involvement Corporal, 19353, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''

World War 2 Service

1 Apr 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Warrant Officer Class 2, N386502, Harden, NSW

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

CYRIL CLEMENT SMITH was born at Bowenfels, New South Wales, on 18th May, 1895, the son of the Rev. Wanson Smith and Mrs. Smith, and was educated at the Fort Street (Sydney) High School. He joined the service of the Bank at Narrabri on 26th June, 1913, and was transferred to Wellington on 29th December, 1914; to Orange on 21st January, 1915; to Gulgong on 17th June, and to Mudgee on 17th July of the same year.

Cyril Clement Smith enlisted in the A.I.F. as a private on 15th September, 1915, embarking with the 3rd D.A.C. for France, where he was on active service from November, 1916, to September, 1918, when he was sent to hospital ill. He attained the rank of corporal.

Source - Bank of NSW Roll of Honour

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