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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