SMITH, Harold Bathurst
| Service Number: | 1255 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 February 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Penrith, Penrith Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Cleveland St Public School, Sydney and District School, Penrith, , New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Fitter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 27 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bathurst War Memorial Carillon, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Nambour Heroes Walk, Nambour Maroochy Shire War Dead Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1255, 18th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1255, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1255, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Sydney and Sarah SMITH, 94 Pitt Street, Sydney
SON OF FORMER P.M.G.
Private Harold Bathurst (Lal) Smith (missing since August 27) is 20 years of age, and the youngest son of Mr. Sydney Smith, ex M.H.R., of "Thornton Hall," Penrith, and a brother of Sir. Sydney Smith, jun., hon. secretary of the Australian Cricket Board of Control. Before enlisting he was apprenticed an an engineer with the Clyde Engineering Company, which firm granted him the necessary leave to join the Field Engineers. As Infantry was more urgently needed, and the engineers were likely to be delayed for some considerable time, young Smith decided, after hearing of the landing of April 25, to proceed with the 18th Battalion. In one of his letters Private Smith said: "Do not worry, Dad, I will do my duty to my country, and be sure and tell the fellows there that if they could only realise what the men here are going through for them they wouldn't hesitate five minutes about enlisting." An older brother is with the artillery, whilst another is engaged on the instructional staff.
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