SMITH, John Hardy
| Service Number: | 15939 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Army Medical Corps (AIF) |
| Born: | Adelaide, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Norwood (SA), South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tram conductor |
| Died: | Toenail infection, On a ship, 14 April 1919 |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Norwood Primary School Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 15939, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 15939, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide Botanic High School
John Hardy Smith was born in 1888, in Norwood, a small suburb in South Australia. He was raised in Norwood and brought up in a Methodist household. Before he fought in the war, he was a tram conductor in his hometown. He had a wife and three kids and was living at Kensington.
He enlisted on May the 2nd 1916 in Adelaide and passed all of his medical checks. He had no wounds or illnesses and he was declared in fit condition with good teeth. John embarked that same year and worked in the Army Medical Corps. He was first admitted to a hospital in February 1917 because of a septic foot. The same month he was also admitted due to other sickness. He was a patient in various hospitals for short periods during the two years he served in the war. Most of the time his hospital visits were recorded as being because of a septic toenail on his left foot.
He set to sail back to Australia 6th August 1919 and was discharged 14th September 1919.