Arthur Leonard SMITH

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SMITH, Arthur Leonard

Service Number:	19
Enlisted:	24 August 1914, An original of A Squadron
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Field Ambulance
Born:	North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 6 January 1891
Home Town:	Hornsby, Hornsby Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Fort Street School, Sydney, New South Wales
Occupation:	Railway signalman
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 17 August 1916, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Pozières British Cemetery Plot IV, Row L, Grave No. 50,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board

World War 1 Service

24 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 19, 1st Field Ambulance, An original of A Squadron
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 19, 1st Field Ambulance, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 19, 1st Field Ambulance, HMAT Euripides, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Arthur Leonard Smith, known as Len, took part in the Landing at Gallipoli and served as a stretcher bearer in the 1st Field Ambulance continuously right through to the evacuation. His younger brother 1016 Sapper Stanley Lazelle Smith 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Australian Engineers, died of septicaemia in France 29 June 1916. A diary of Len’s experiences on Gallipoli was sent home to his family.

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