Harry Joseph Sinclair SMITH

SMITH, Harry Joseph Sinclair

    Service Number: 373
    Enlisted: 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW Later promoted to Lance Corporal but date not certain
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 3rd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 12 June 1895
    Home Town: Naremburn, Willoughby, New South Wales
    Schooling: Kogarah and Sydney Grammar Schools, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Cadet Draughtsman
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 23 June 1915, aged 20 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave Panel 19, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board
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    World War 1 Service

    17 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 373, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW Later promoted to Lance Corporal but date not certain
    20 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 373, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    20 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 373, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
    23 Jun 1915: Involvement Lance Corporal, 373, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 373 awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-06-23

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of James John and Hannah Smith of Harris Street, Sans Souico, NSW

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Also served in the school cadets and with the Artamon Militia

    At the time of enlistment he was employed as a Clerk in the Lands Office, Sydney, NSW

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