SMITH, Thomas Oscar
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 27 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | New South Wales, Australia, 16 April 1878 |
| Home Town: | Bowral, Wingecarribee, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Public School |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Gallipoli, 7 May 1915, aged 37 years |
| Cemetery: |
4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery C 7 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial, Burrawang War Memorial, Moss Vale & District Pictorial Honour Roll, Moss Vale Memorial Tablet, Moss Vale RSL War Memorial, Moss Vale War Memorial, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Captain, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Captain, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Ernest and Harriet A. Smith, of "Riverside," Glenquarry, New South Wales.
HE DIED FOR KING COUNTRY AND HOME THY WILL BE DONE
THE LATE CAPTAIN SMITH.
Capt. B. H. Paine, Moss Vale, in an interview in reference to the late Captain Thomas Oscar Smith, stated that in his death Australia had lost one of its ablest and most promising officers and the members of A Company 43rd Infantry their beloved commanding officer. As a soldier, whilst recognizing the necessity for strict discipline, he was kindly and considerate to his men and was admired and respected by all ranks.
Joining H. Co. and A.I. Regt. about 12 years ago Captain Smith quickly displayed ability above the ordinary and in due course attained the rank of captain, and in his administration of A Company 43rd (Werriwa) Infantry displayed great tact and judgement. When war was declared Captain Smith at once offered his services as a matter of duty to his country, and they all know how nobly he surrendered his young life in the nation's cause. His was a splendid character, and those who knew him as he was privileged to know him recognized in him a manly, courageous, honorable, and loyal friend, and as nearly the embodiment of perfect manhood that it was possible to conceive. His death will be regretted by his comrades and a large circle of friends, and the blank will be difficult to fill, but his noble death and sacrifice will ever remain green in their memories .
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