SMITH, Ferner Eyre
| Service Number: | 34235 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | Field Artillery Brigades |
| Born: | Medindie, South Australia, 30 March 1889 |
| Home Town: | Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Melbourne C of E Grammar School; Hawkesbury Agricultural College |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 15 October 1917, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXI H 11A |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melbourne Grammar School WW1 Fallen Honour Roll, Richmond University of Western Sydney WW1 Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 11 May 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 34235, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
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| 11 May 1917: | Embarked Gunner, 34235, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Son of Edward SMITH and Rhoda Harriet nee DOBBIN
FERRIER EYRE SMITH who died of wounds and gas on 15th October 1917 in France was the son of the late Mr. Edward Smith. He was born in 1889 and entered the Preparatory School in 1897 and came up to the Senior School in 1900. He was appointed Lieutenant of Cadets in 1905 and a Prefect in 1906.
He left School in 1906 and passed into Hawkesbury Agricultural College, winning several prizes and the college diploma. Afterwards he spent some years on various stations in South Australia and Victoria, and joined his brother Trevor as a grazier on their property
" The Bridge," King Island, also being interested in and a director of The King Island Timber Mills. He was living on his property when he came to Melbourne and enlisted in September 1916.
He went into camp as a gunner in the Artillery at Maribyrnong, gained his first stripe in a few months and embarked with the
March Artillery Reinforcements on 11th May as a Corporal. On reaching England he went into the Lark Hill Camp at Salisbury Plain, left for France on 11th September, and was moved up to the firing line shortly afterwards.
He received serious wounds on 15th October 1917, in consequence of which he died at the 117th Casualty Clearing Station.
He was buried at the Lyssenthoek Military Cemetery at Poperinghe, in Belgium.
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