SMITH, Stuart Irwin
| Service Number: | 594 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Esperance Bay State School |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | France, 15 August 1916, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Norfolk Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, France II B 58 |
| Tree Plaque: |
West Leederville Memorial Trees
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| Memorials: | Kalgoorlie St John's Anglican Church Honour Roll, West Leederville Memorial Trees |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 594, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 Nov 1914: | Involvement Private, 594, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1914: | Embarked Private, 594, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle |
Letter home November 1915
PRIVATE STEWART SMITH
In the course of a letter to his mother, Mrs. E. G. Smith, of West Perth, Private Stewart Smith, formerly of Kalgoorlie, writes :—
"Little do we know what the morrow will bring forth. This time yesterday I was in the firing line with shot and shell screaming around, and to-day I am in harbour
at Lemnos Island on board a hospital ship. I am not ill, but am having a lazy holiday. You see, I had been over 19 weeks under fire, so they decided to give me a spell.
We will probably leave for Malta or Alexandria in a few hours. This is a beautiful ship, and we are treated like lords . . . There are all sorts on this boat. There are Gurkhas (bonzer little chaps), Sikhs, Punjabis, Australians, New Zealanders, and a sprinkling of Jack Tars. There are some wounded, some sick and a good many like myself, in need of a rest. I am going to have a few weeks' spell, and then back to work again. But I don't think I shall be needed up there again. I have an idea that this month is going to settle matters, at least as far as the Peninsula is concerned. Let us hope so, at any rate, But if I am wanted be sure I will be there.
Submitted 4 June 2020 by Faithe Jones
Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Enlisted and served as Stewart Irwin Smith
Son of John Henry and Ellen Godkin Smith, of 8, Shaftesbury St., Leederville, Western Australia.
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