SMITH, Robert George
Service Number: | 3919 |
---|---|
Enlisted: | 31 March 1917, Brisbane, Qld. |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 4th Pioneer Battalion |
Born: | Bundaberg, Qld., 5 October 1889 |
Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
Schooling: | Humpybong State School |
Occupation: | Carpenter |
Died: | Natural Causes, Brisbane, Qld., 10 October 1971, aged 82 years |
Cemetery: |
Albany Creek Memorial Park-Cemetery & Crematorium, QLD |
Memorials: | Redcliffe Humpybong Roll of Honor, Woody Point Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
31 Mar 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3919, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Brisbane, Qld. | |
---|---|---|
13 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 3919, 4th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
13 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 3919, 4th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney |
Help us honour Robert George Smith's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Robert's parents were George Smith and Maggie Blaikie who resided in Redcliffe. His father George was a well-known builder in the area. Robert attended Humpybong State School and married May Elizabeth Tilbury in 1915 and they lived in Redcliffe where Robert worked as a carpenter. Robert enlisted in March 1917. On his return from the war Robert resumed his career as a builder.