Francis Henry (Bo) SMITH

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Service Number:	437
Enlisted:	13 October 1914, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	Camel Field Ambulance
Born:	Marburg, Queensland, Australia, 11 June 1891
Home Town:	Marburg, Ipswich, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Telegraphist
Died:	Natural causes, Proserpine, Queensland, 14 June 1967, aged 76 years
Cemetery:	Proserpine Cemetery, Qld
Memorials:	Marburg Roll of Honour, Rosewood Shire Council Roll of Honor

13 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 437, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Field Ambulance, Brisbane, Queensland
15 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 437, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Field Ambulance, HMAT ??, Brisbane
15 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 437, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Field Ambulance, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: '' embarkation_ship: '' embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
3 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 437, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Field Ambulance, ANZAC / Gallipoli
2 Jul 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, Camel Field Ambulance
5 Jul 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, Camel Field Ambulance
26 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 437, Camel Field Ambulance

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Son of Thomas Lorimer Smith and Mary Stuart.

Before the WW1 Francis Henry Smith lived at Woodlands a historical building in the Ipwsich area.

After the war he moved to Proserpine to grow sugar cane and purchased an electical business.

He and his wife Edna had 3 children.