SMITH, Sydney Ernest George
| Service Numbers: | 1806, 1896 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 April 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Happy Valley, South Australia, 1 October 1879 |
| Home Town: | Brighton, Holdfast Bay, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Brighton Public School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Accidental (Injuries), Egypt, 12 February 1916, aged 36 years |
| Cemetery: |
Suez War Memorial Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, St Peters Heroes War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1806, 27th Infantry Battalion, Keswick, South Australia | |
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| 23 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1806, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1806, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Adelaide | |
| 12 Feb 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 1896, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1896 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1916-02-12 |
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First Service Record (recordsearch.naa.gov.au) as 1806 Pte. Sydney Ernest George SMITH has him enlisting on 20 Apr 1915, and it is marked as "Deserter", in that he jumped ship at Fremantle on 01 Jul 1915.
Second Service Record (recordsearch.naa.gov.au) as 1896 Pte. Ernest George SMITH has him enlisting on 13 Sep 1915 and embarking on 11/12 Jan 1916 aboard HMAT Borda out of Adelaide.
One month later his file is marked; "died at Goot Hospital, Suez, at 2.30am 12 Feb 1916, fractured ribs, and lacerated left lung". Then on page 56/68 in the second service record it states that the injuries were as a result of a "Railway accident"
"THE LATE PRIVATE S. E. G. SMITH.
Private Sydney Ernest George Smith, of the 13th Reinforcements, 3rd Light Horse, died on February 12, as the result of injuries received at Suez. He was born at Happy Valley on October, 1879, and was educated at the Brighton Public School. He was a son of Mr. Harry Smith, of Plympton, and brother-in-law of the late Private M. C. Bemold, of Brighton, who left with Private Smith for Egypt on January 11, 1916. Private Smith was employed for some years at Brighton cement works, but for the last five years had lived at Ann-street, Stepney. Mrs. Smith has thus lost her husband and brother-in-law within a few weeks of their leaving for the front." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 04 Mar 1916 (nla.gov.au)
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