SMITH, Edwin Percival Octavius
| Service Number: | 102 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 April 1902, Wilston, Brisbane, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse |
| Born: | Brisbane, Qld., 16 May 1879 |
| Home Town: | Gympie, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Several years' sickness, Brisbane General Hospital, Brisbane, Qld., 20 April 1933, aged 53 years |
| Cemetery: |
Caboolture Cemetery, Moreton Bay, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 102, 7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse | |
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| 23 Apr 1902: | Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 102, 7th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, Wilston, Brisbane, Qld. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of John SMITH and Annie Gardiner nee MCDONALD, Brisbane Street, Gympie, Qld.
His photograph does not appear in the newspapers with others who enlisted at the same time.
OBITUARY.
After several years' sickness Mr. Edwin Percival Smith, aged 52 years a highly respected resident of Mt. Mee for over twenty years, passed away at the Brisbane General Hospital last Friday morning. The late Mr. Smith was an excouncillor for the Caboolture Shire, which body he served for nine consecutive years, setting up a record for consistent attendance at meetings. It was due to his failing health that deceased retired from local office.
He was a native of Gympie, and after service at the Boer War, settled in the Mt. Mee district.
The late Mr. Smith is survived by his wife and adult family—Mrs. Desmond Smith, Woodford; Mr. Lyncoln Smith, Mt Mee; Mrs. M. Harvey Mt. Mee and Miss Beryl Smith, Mt. Mee.
The remains were transferred by train to Caboolture on Saturday morning and were later interred at the Caboolture cemetery. Among the many relatives and friends who followed the funeral cortege were:—Mr- S. G. Smith (brother), Mary Valley, Mrs. I. Faulkner (sister), Cooran, and Mrs. A. Enwright (sister), Nambour. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. J. D. Anderson, Church of England vicar for Maleny-Caboolture parish.
The late Mr. Smith was prominent in local Masonic circles a past master of the Woodford Lodge. Accordingly, the funeral was conducted with the lodge's ceremonials, the pall-bearers being —Worshipful Brothers R. Dawes, J. Robinson, E. Finter and R. Gibson.