Wylie McLeod SMITH

SMITH, Wylie McLeod

Service Number: 985
Enlisted: 11 February 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 25th Infantry Battalion
Born: Harrisville, Queensland, Australia, 29 August 1891
Home Town: Harrisville, Scenic Rim, Queensland
Schooling: Meilora State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Appendicitis, 58th General Hospital, St Omer, France, 17 August 1917, aged 25 years
Cemetery: Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery
Plot 1V, Row D, Grave 31 Rev. A. Coutts officiated Headstone inscription reads: Until the day break and the shadows flee away, Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Longuenesse, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bathurst War Memorial Carillon, Harrisville Memorial Gates
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World War 1 Service

11 Feb 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 985, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
29 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 985, 25th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 985, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane
29 Jul 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 985, 25th Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the thigh and forearm
7 Mar 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 985, 25th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the scalp. Embarked for England on 10 March 1917

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Luke Wheeler Smith and Margaret Smith nee Dunn of 'Greenwood Farm', Harrisville, Qld

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