George Thomas SMITH

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SMITH, George Thomas

Service Number:	227
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Queensland Mounted Infantry
Born:	Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 26 September 1875
Home Town:	Mackay, Mackay, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 2 April 1922, aged 46 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mackay Cemetery, Qld Plot: Catholic Section 1, Line 21, Plot 28
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 227, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry
1 Nov 1899:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 227, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 448 notes 1st QMI embarked 1 Nov 1899 aboard Cornwall arriving Cape Town 13 Dec 1899.
2 Jul 1900:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 227, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier notes invalided to Australia aboard Moravian arriving Brisbane 1 Jun 1900, discharged 2 Jul 1900.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

George Thomas Smith was born on 26 Sep 1875 in Mackay, a son to John Smith and Rose Smith (nee Collins) and one of five children. His father John being a pioneer of the Mackay district.

He joined and embarked with the 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry in 1899 for the South African (Boer) War. Suffering from Rheumatism he was invalided back to Australia arriving in Jun 1900. Due to ongoing ill health he worked light jobs up until his death in 1922.

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 451; Obituary- Daily Mercury (Mackay), 4 Apr 1922, p. 2).

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