SMITH, Charles Walter
| Service Number: | 1103 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 October 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Waipori, New Zealand, 8 December 1876 |
| Home Town: | Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Teamster |
| Died: | Pneumonia, Marseilles, France, 13 June 1916, aged 39 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mazargues War Cemetery, Marseilles, France Plot IV, Row A, Grave No. 14. A LIFE NOBLY ENDED |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 1103, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Train | |
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| 21 Dec 1914: | Involvement Driver, 1103, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Macquarie embarkation_ship_number: A39 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Dec 1914: | Embarked Driver, 1103, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Train, HMAT Port Macquarie, Sydney | |
| 13 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 1103, 45th Infantry Battalion , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1103 awm_unit: 45 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-06-13 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Charles Walter (also known as Waldrick) Smith was the son of George William and Mary Smith. He was born at Waipori, New Zealand, in 1876 and was 40 years of age when he died.
His older brother, 514 Corporal Clarence Sydney Smith, 1st Div. Train, Australian Army Service Corps, also died, of cerebro spinal meningitis at an Isolation Hospital in Salisbury, England, 10 May 1917, at 48 years of age.
Charles was almost six foot two inches when he enlisted, and he served on Gallipoli with the 6th Company Australian Army Service Corps until he was severely wounded in both thighs on 23 June 1915. He was evacuated to Egypt shortly after and spent most of 1915 recovering.
He transferred to the 45th Battalion on 20 May 1916, and fell sick just as his unit landed at Marseilles in France on 8 June 1916. He died of pneumonia five days later.
His medals and entitlements went to another elder brother, George Joseph Smith, who was living in New South Wales.
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