Egbert Charles SMITH

SMITH, Egbert Charles

Service Numbers: 492, 2347
Enlisted: 23 September 1914
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 9th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Rushworth, Victoria, Australia, March 1892
Home Town: Rushworth, Campaspe, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Boot maker
Died: Rushworth, 28 August 1923, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Rushworth Public Cemetery, Victoria
Memorials: Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Rushworth St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church WWI Roll of Honor
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World War 1 Service

23 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 492, 9th Light Horse Regiment
16 Dec 1914: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 9th Light Horse Regiment
11 Feb 1915: Involvement Corporal, 492, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karroo embarkation_ship_number: A10 public_note: ''
11 Feb 1915: Embarked Corporal, 492, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Karroo, Melbourne
16 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 492, 9th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
8 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 492, 9th Light Horse Regiment, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli
16 Oct 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 492, 9th Light Horse Regiment, RTA per HMAT Kanowna suffering enteric fever.
2 May 1916: Involvement Private, 2347, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Uganda embarkation_ship_number: A66 public_note: ''
2 May 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 2347, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Post recovery, returned overseas per HMAT Uganda as part of 8th ALH reinforcements and allocated new SN 2347.
2 May 1916: Embarked Private, 2347, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Uganda, Melbourne
11 Feb 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 9th Light Horse Regiment
27 Mar 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 2347, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Battles of Gaza
19 Apr 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 2347, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Battles of Gaza
10 Jul 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 9th Light Horse Regiment
31 Oct 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2347, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Battle of Beersheba
3 May 1918: Imprisoned Es Salt Raid, Wounded (GSW face & jaw) at Es Salt and captured. RTA 22 January 1919.
25 Oct 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2347, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Medically unfit (jaw)

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

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