Henry Gordon SMITH

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Service Number:	2024
Enlisted:	7 January 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1883
Home Town:	Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria
Schooling:	North Melbourne State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Hairdresser
Died:	Killed in action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 9 August 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Footscray Presbyterian Church Honour Board, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

7 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2024, 5th Infantry Battalion
17 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 2024, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
17 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 2024, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne

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Henry Gordon Smith was the son of Charles Henry and Jessie Shaw Smith, of Footscray, Victoria.

His younger brother 941 Private Harold Roy Smith 29th Battalion AIF was later killed in action on the Somme, France, 24 November 1916, aged 23.

H.G. Smith only landed on Gallipoli on 30 July 1915 and was killed during the August offensive, less than a fortnight later.