Hubert Roy SMITH

SMITH, Hubert Roy

    Service Number: 189
    Enlisted: 14 September 1914
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 9th Light Horse Regiment
    Born: Yankalilla, 6 April 1895
    Home Town: Goolwa, Alexandrina, South Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Fisherman
    Died: 31 October 1967, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
    Memorials: Goolwa War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    14 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 189, 9th Light Horse Regiment
    12 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 189, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Armadale embarkation_ship_number: A26 public_note: ''
    12 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 189, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Armadale, Melbourne

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    Biography

     

    Hubert Roy was known as Bert Smith.  His parents were Frances Mary Dunstall and James Smith and was the second son.  He saw service at Gallipoli, Egypt and Palestine and attained the rank of Sgt.  He had 3 brothers who also enlisted in WW1.  Bert remained a bachelor and during depression times was a fisherman at Goolwa.  He enlisted again in WW2 as Herbert Roy Smith and saw service in the Pacific as a Warrant Officer 2 with the Army Medical Corps.

     

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