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SMITH, Harry
| Service Number: | 742 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, March 1876 |
| Home Town: | Thebarton (Southwark), City of West Torrens, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Adelaide, South Australia, 1 February 1959 |
| Cemetery: |
Cheltenham Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 43rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 9 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 742, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| 9 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 742, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 742, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, Shell Shock | |
| 31 Jul 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 742, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Warneton, GSW face | |
| 27 Feb 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Medically Unfit (Not Due To Misconduct). | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement 742, 43rd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide High School
Harry Smith was born in approximately March 1876 in Hobart Tasmania. His religion was Church of England. He was a labourer and lived at 26 Queen Street, Thebarton, South Australia.
On the 18th of February 1916, Harry Smith enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force. When he was enlisted, he was 39, his height was 5” and 3 ¾ and he weighed 130 lbs. He had a fair complexion, blue eyes and auburn hair.
Harry Smith was first assigned to the 43rd Battalion. He was a private and fought in the Battle of Messines in June 1917 and later in the Battle of Warneton on 31 July 1917. He was admitted on June 1917 for shell shock and then again 2 months later for a gunshot wound in the nose. He was taken to England for treatment and then he was eventually discharged due to his injuries and returned back to Australia on the 21st of December 1917.
He returned back to his wife Mrs Elsie Isabel Smith; they had no children. Harry Smith Sadly passed away due to natural causes on the 1st of February 1959 at the age of 83. He was buried at the Cheltenham Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia.
Lest we forget.