SMITH, Angus McIntosh
| Service Number: | 821 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1914, Selected as a sniper. |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, February 1895 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 12 February 1966, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Bendigo Civil Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 821, 7th Infantry Battalion, Selected as a sniper. | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 821, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 821, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 821, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 8 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 821, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, 2nd Krithia | |
| 14 May 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 Jul 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 821, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW right shoulder, arm, Left cheek. Evacuated to Malta for treatment, then to England. | |
| 20 Jan 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 821, 7th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit (shoulder). |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Larna Malone
Angus McIntosh Smith, known as ‘Mac’, was born in Bendigo, the son of Thomas Calder & Eliza Jane Smith, of Bendigo. He was a Miner, employed at the Sea Mine. He was 19 years & 6 months old and was currently serving in the 67th Infantry. He was amongst the early volunteers for the Expeditionary Force, enlisting on 18.8.14. The following day he left Bendigo for the Broadmeadows Camp. He was allotted Service no. 821 and appointed to ‘G’ Company, 7th Battalion. Prior to Embarkation he was presented with a Gold Medal from the Employes of the Sea Mine.
The 7th Battalion left Broadmeadows Camp on 18 October, 1914, and embarked for service overseas on board HMAT ‘Hororata’. Arriving in Egypt the battalion moved into camp at Mena, at the foot of the pyramids. (6/12/14)
In January, 1915, the Australian force was re-organized. In the 7th Battalion ‘G’ and ‘H’ Companies joined to form the new ‘D’ Company. This meant that all the men from Northern Victoria were together in one Company.
On February 27, 1915, Angus McIntosh Smith was Selected as a Sniper.
The 7th Battalion was part of the force which landed at Anzac Cove on 25th April, 1915.
In May, Lieut.-General Sir W.R. Birdwood, in command of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, was asked to provide part of the Australian force to assist in a British offensive at Cape Helles. The 2nd Australian Brigade, which included the 7th Battalion, was one of two brigades provided. The 7th Battalion left Anzac and disembarked at ‘V’ Beach, Cape Helles, on May 6th. The battalion moved forward on May 8th in what was later known as the “2nd Battle of Krithia” (8-11 May). This battle achieved minimal gain and casualties were extremely high.
On 14/5/15 Angus McIntosh Smith was appointed Lance Corporal. The battalion returned to Anzac Cove on 17th May.
In July the 7th Battalion moved into the trenches at Steele’s Post. On 5th July the Battalion War Diary recorded “From 4.05 a.m. until 7.45 a.m. the enemy bombarded the sector held by the 7th Bn with shrapnel & high explosive shell of about 15 pr from Battleship Hill Mortar & Gun Ridges." A great deal of damage was done to the parapets, 3 men were killed & 6 were wounded.
Angus McIntosh Smith was one of the men Wounded, sustaining Gunshot wounds to his back, right shoulder, arm, and left cheek. He RTA M.U. on 24/6/16.
“The First Lot. 7th Battalion. The first men of the Bendigo district to volunteer for service in the First World War.”: Larna Malone
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