Horace Thomas SMITH

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SMITH, Horace Thomas

Other Name:	Smith, Albert John Horace - Service / Birth Records
Service Numbers:	4526, 4526A
Enlisted:	30 August 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	54th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Alexandria, New South Wales, Australia, 7 April 1894
Home Town:	Alexandria, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Alexandria Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Engine Driver
Died:	Killed In Action, France, 19 July 1916, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Ration Farm Military Cemetery, la Chapelle-D'Armentieres Plot VI, Row H, Grave 18
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

30 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4526, Depot Battalion
15 Jan 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4526, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
15 Jan 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4526, 1st Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Sydney
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4526A, 54th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)

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Biography

Albert John Horace SMITH enlisted simply as Horace in 1915 and reached France in early 1916, having joined the 54th infantry battalion of the Australian Imperial Force.

During the night of 19 July, 1916, he sustained a serious leg wound while fighting German soldiers at Fleurbaix, France during the battle of Fromelles. He died some time that night or early the next morning. He was 22.

His younger brother Cecil shipped out to France from Australia the following month and arrived home safely at the end of the war.

Horace had no wife or children.

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