SMITH, George Basil
| Service Number: | 892 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 March 1916, 15 mths AGA Newcastle |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 18 February 1892 |
| Home Town: | Cooks Hill, Newcastle West, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmiths Stricker |
| Died: | Old age, Cooks Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 21 June 1974, aged 82 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 1-34A. 78. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 892, 34th Infantry Battalion, 15 mths AGA Newcastle | |
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| 2 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 892, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 2 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 892, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
| 12 Jan 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 892, 34th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, GSW to right thigh | |
| 26 Feb 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 892, 34th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit due to wounding |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
47 years ago today, on the 25th June 1974, Lance Corporal George Basil Smith, 34th Battalion (Reg No-892), blacksmith’s striker from 63 Charles Street, Cooks Hill, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 82. ANGLICAN 1-34A. 78.
Born at Newcastle, New South Wales on the 18th February 1892 to Bushby and Susan Smith; husband of Dulcey May Smith nee Le Mottee (married 1922, Wickham, N.S.W., died 1950), George enlisted March 1916 at Rutherford, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 9.9.1916 (scabies), and wounded in action - 5.4.1917 (GSW right thigh, fracture of right femur), George returned home August 1917, being discharged medically unfit on the 26th February 1918.
Mr. Smith’s name has been inscribed on the Honeysuckle Point Railway Workshops Roll of Honour (photo, unveiled on the 25th May 1915, 10 names originally inscribed, 44 names now inscribed, located at the Newcastle Interchange, Wickham, N.S.W.).
I have placed poppies at George’s gravesite in remembrance of his service for God, King and Country.
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance.
Many thanks to Michelle Linich for the notification.
Older brother James Victor Lionel (3rd Battalion, Reg No-6103, born 1883, died?) also served 1st A.I.F.
Older brother Lancelot Alfred Henry (34th Battalion, Reg No-891, born 1885, died 1973, Kurri Kurri, N.S.W.) also served 1st A.I.F.
Lest We Forget.
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