SMITH, Patrick Charles
| Service Number: | 3481 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Chiltern, Victoria, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Chiltern, Indigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Chiltern Catholic School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Monier pipe make |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 4 May 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Sailly-sur-la-Lys Canadian Cemetery Plot I, Row A, Grave No. II |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Chiltern War Memorial Gates, Shire of Chiltern Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3481, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3481, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3481, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Patrick Smith died on 4 May 1916 in France whilst in transit by field ambulance to hospital. He was one of a group of soldiers who accidently dropped the nose cap of an enemy shell. He suffered shrapnel wounds to head, left chest and right elbow in the resulting explosion. This was in the very early days of the Australians arriving in France. A court of enquiry found that the men were unaware of the dangers in the ordinance they were removing.
His younger brother, 1368 Private Joseph Smith, 8th Light Horse Regiment AIF, was killed in action 19 April 1917, age 22
They were the sons of Patrick and Teresa Smith of Chiltern, Victoria.