Cecil Selwyn SMITH

SMITH, Cecil Selwyn

Service Number: 2058
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles
Born: St Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 10 May 1869
Home Town: Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling: Unkown
Occupation: Shearer
Died: Enteric Fever, Woodstock Hospital, South Africa, 27 July 1902, aged 33 years
Cemetery: Cape Town (Maitland) Cemetery
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Boer War Memorial (Queen Victoria Square), Stanmore Newington College Boer War Honour Roll
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899: Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 2058
1 Oct 1899: Involvement Corporal, 2058, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Cecil Selwyn SMITH was born in St Kilda, Victoria on 10th May, 1869

His parents were Harold Selwyn SMITH & Madeleine Elizabeth KELLY

He died of Enteric Fever in South Africa on 27th July, 1902 and is buried in Maitland Cemetery