SMITH, Harry Crombie Newton
| Service Number: | 2694 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Malvern, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Caulfield, Glen Eira, Victoria |
| Schooling: | State School at Tooronga Road, Malvern, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Cerebro Spinal Meningitis, 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, 9 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Cambridge City Cemetery, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2694, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 15 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2694, 5th Infantry Battalion, SS Makarini, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick (OAM) – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Harry Crombie Newton Smith was born at Malvern, Victoria in 1895 to parents Harry Crombie Smith and Florence Helena Smith (nee Newton).
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 22nd April, 1915 as a 20 year old, single, Labourer from “St. Heliers”, Eskdale Road, Caulfield, Victoria.
Private Harry Crombie Newton Smith, Service number 2694, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on SS Makarini on 15th September, 1915 with the 5th Infantry Battalion, 8th Reinforcements.
On 31st December, 1915 Private Smith was admitted to 4th Auxiliary Hospital at Cairo with Mumps. Private Smith was discharged to duty on 21st January, 1916.
He was taken on strength from Reinforcements on 22nd February, 1916 at Serapeum.
Private Smith embarked from Alexandria on 25th March, 1916 on Briton to join B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force) & disembarked at Marseilles, France on 30th March, 1916.
On 17th December, 1916 Private Smith was sent to Field Ambulance in France. He was admitted to 15th Field Ambulance on 20th December, 1916 with Trench Feet. Private Smith was transferred & admitted to No. 4 General Hospital at Camiers on 1st January, 1917. He embarked for England from Have on 3rd January, 1917 on Hospital Ship Dunluce Castle.
He was admitted to County of Middlesex War Hospital, Napsbury, England on 5th January, 1917 with Trench Feet.
Mrs Smith, of “St. Heliers” Eskdale Road, Caulfield, Victoria, mother of Private Harry Crombie Newton Smith, was advised on 15th January, 1917 that Private H. C. N. Smith had been admitted to the County of Middlesex Hospital, suffering from Trench Feet – mild.
Private Smith was transferred to 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England on 27th February, 1917.
Mrs F. Smith, of Pine Hill, Yarra Road, Croydon, Victoria, mother of Private Harry Crombie Newton Smith, was advised by Base Records on 6th March, 1917 that Private H. C. N. Smith had been admitted to the 1st Eastern General Hospital on 27th February, 1917 suffering from suspected cerebro spinal meningitis.
Mr G. H. Wise, Esq, House or Representatives, The Parliament of the Commonwealth, Melbourne, wrote to Base Records on 25th March, 1917 enquiring about Private H. C. N. Smith, who was his nephew & had been reported as seriously ill about 2 or 3 weeks earlier. Base Records replied on 28th March, 1917 stating that Private H. C. N. Smith had been last reported as suffering from suspected cerebro spinal meningitis, severs, & that no progress report had yet been received.
Private Harry Crombie Newton Smith died at 12.45 am on 9th June, 1917 at 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England from Cerebro Spinal Meningitis.
He was buried in Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
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