SMITH, Harry Charles Corstan
| Service Number: | SX2489 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 24 April 1940, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Durban, South Africa, 30 October 1912 |
| Home Town: | Whyalla (Formerly Hummock's Hill), Whyalla, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Gawler Primary and High Schools, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Stone Mason, Plasterer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Tobruk, 16 May 1941, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Tobruk War Cemetery, Tobruk, Libya |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Pathway of Honour - The Rats of Tobruk WW2 Memorial, Adelaide The Siege of Tobruk Commemorative Cross, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gawler Council WW2 Honour Roll, Gawler RSL Memorial Wall, Iron Knob War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 24 Apr 1940: | Involvement Private, SX2489, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 24 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
| 24 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX2489, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Sgt. Harry Charles Corston Smith 2/10th AIF of Twelfth Street, Gawler, aged 26. Son of Mr and Mrs G H Smith of Gawler. Educated at Gawler Primary and High Schools. Played A Grade football for Gawler and Whyalla. Interested in boxing and inter-club boxing bouts. Keen on cycle racing and won over varying distances. A plasterer working at Whyalla at time of enlistment in April 1940. Saw active service through the desert campaign to Benghazi then to Tobruk where he was killed while on patrol duty on May 16th 1941.
Information supplied from The Personal Pictorial Honor Roll of South Australians who have enlisted in the Second World War.
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