Cecil Selwyn SMITH

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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:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Shearer
Died:	Enteric Fever, No 5 General Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa, 27 July 1902, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	Cape Town (Maitland) Cemetery Mil. Allotment. Sect 4.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Boer War Memorial (Queen Victoria Square), Stanmore Newington College Boer War Honour Roll

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
15 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 2058, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, Embarked from Sydney on SS Mapelmore for Port Elizabeth in South Africa, arrived on 12 April 1901.
12 Apr 1901:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 2058, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, Campaigned in Eastern Transvaal then Eastern Orange River Colony while attached to Colonel Remmington's column.
2 Dec 1901:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 2058, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, Discharged from Hospital to Kroonstad convalescent camp.
30 Jun 1902:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 2058, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, Admitted to 5th General Hospital in Cape Town with Enteric Fever.
27 Jul 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 2058, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, Died from Enteric Fever while in Hospital in Cape Town. Awarded posthumous QSA.

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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