SMITH, Flewell T
| Service Number: | 26 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 6 June 1881 |
| Home Town: | Lowood, Somerset, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 11 December 1953, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Maryborough Cemetery, Fraser Coast, Queensland Plot: Monumental K Plot 1116 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 26 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 26, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. | |
| 21 Sep 1901: | Wounded Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 26, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 510, notes slightly wounded at Paardeplatz 21 Sep 1901. | |
| 25 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 26, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 1 p. 45, notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Australian arriving Brisbane 25 Jun 1902 and Discharged 25 Jun 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
NOK Mr. J.F. SMITH, Lowood
Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey
It appears the Boer War Nominal Roll compiled by Murray records this soldiers name incorrectly. The original Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB held by Qld State Archives, for the entry of soldier S.N. 26, records him as Norman Victor Flewell-Smith. His older brother Malcolm Flewell-Smith had also served as a Private S.N. 121 in the 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry.
When Norman Victor Flewell-Smith enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published (as Acting Corporal Flewell Smith) with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as J. F. Smith, Lowood. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB, bk 1 p. 45, where he is recorded as Norman Victor Flewell-Smith, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. J. Flewell-Smith, Orchard Farm, Lowood.
Norman Victor Flewell-Smith (recorded as Norman Victor Smith on BDM Qld Birth Register online) was born on 6 Jun 1881 in Queensland, a son to John Flewell Smith and Emily Harriett Smith (nee Parton).
In his Obituray published in The Queensland Times, 21 Dec 1953, it was noted his parents were early pioneers of the Lowood district raising their family on the family farm 'Orchard Farm' on the Lockyer Creek at Lowood. It also noted he served in the Boer War during which he was wounded and due to injuries recieved he lost a foot. The Boer War Service Paybooks for the 6th QIB note he was awarded a disability pension for a period of 12 months. He had been living at Urangan with his sister May for a period prior to his passing at Maryborough in 1953.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 510; Qld State Archives- Boer war Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 1 p. 45; Obituary- The Queensland Times, 21 Dec 1953, p. 3).
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