SMITH, Eric Gladstone
| Service Number: | 2398 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 August 1916, Enlisted on the 24.11.1915, discharged 15.12.1915, "unsuitable for a soldier" |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ourimbah, New South Wales, Australia, 17 May 1898 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer (Kitchen & Son Soap Works) |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 12 May 1968, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 2-133. 58. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2398, 34th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted on the 24.11.1915, discharged 15.12.1915, "unsuitable for a soldier" | |
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| 17 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2398, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2398, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 30 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2398, 34th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
56 years ago today, on the 14th May 1968, Private Eric Gladstone (Gladston) Smith, 34th Battalion (Reg No-2398), labourer (Kitchen & Son Soap Works), from Waratah Street, Newtown, Newcastle, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 69. ANGLICAN 2-133. 58.
Unsure if Eric was ever married.
Born at Ourimbah, New South Wales on the 17th May 1898 to Edward (William) Tasker (Tasca) Smith, died 18.3.1935, Newcastle, N.S.W., age 76, from 35 Bar Beach Avenue, The Junction, N.S.W., and Frances (Fanny) Guyer Smith, died 19.2.1942, Stockton, N.S.W., age 85, Eric enlisted on the 24th November 1915 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Discharged 15.12.1915, as being unsuitable for a soldier.
Reenlisted-21.8.1916, Broadmeadow, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A30 Borda on the 17th October 1916.
Admitted to hospital 25.1.1917 (not stated), 30.7.1917 (tracheitis - bacterial infection of the trachea and is capable of producing airway obstruction), 12.8.1917 (myalgia), 2.10.1917 (not stated), 1.2.1918 (dysentery and diarrhoea), 5.11.1918 (influenza).
Commenced return to Australia 21.6.1919.
Eric arrived home on the 16th August 1919, being discharged on the 30th September 1919.
I have placed poppies at Eric’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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