SMITH, Cecil Alfred
| Service Number: | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 8 May 1916, Armidale, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron |
| Born: | Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, July 1893 |
| Home Town: | Armidale, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Boorolong Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Died of Illness (ruptured bowel), Sydney, New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia, 22 January 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Armidale General Cemetery C of E, Row 2, Plot 38. |
| Memorials: | Armidale Memorial Fountain, Armidale Protestant Alliance Friendly Society Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 8 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2025, Armidale, New South Wales | |
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| 19 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2025, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan MacCorquodale embarkation_ship_number: A6 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Sep 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2025, 12th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Clan MacCorquodale, Melbourne | |
| 22 Jan 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 2025, 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2025 awm_unit: 4th Australian Machine Gun Squadron awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1918-01-22 |
Cecil Alfred Smith
Cecil Alfred was born to Charles and Elizabeth Smith of "Box Hill" Armidale NSW in 1893.
He was 23 years old when he enlisted on 19th September 1916.
He enlisted as a private with the 12th Light Horse Regiment and embarked aboard HMAT Clan MacCorquodale from Melbourne
Submitted 30 March 2017 by Lee Gowen
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His older brother, 3936 Pte. Edwin Jabez Smith 20th Battalion AIF, was killed in action at Pozieres on 5 August 1916, aged 25.
They were the sons of Charles and Elizabeth Smith, of Boorolong, Armidale, New South Wales.
Cecil Alfred Smith died in Randwick Military Hospital only a month after being sent home from the Middle East, having served for nearly twelve months with the 4th Machine Gun Squadron of the Light Horse. He was sent home with chronic dysentery and died of a ruptured bowel.
Another brother, 1446 Pte. Edward Smith 12th Light Horse Regiment was returned to Australia in July 1919.
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