SMITH, Harold Herbert Kennedy
| Service Number: | 270 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 21 October 1879 |
| Home Town: | Longreach, Longreach, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Accountant |
| Died: | Heart Attack, Innisfail, Queensland, Australia, 7 February 1937, aged 57 years |
| Cemetery: |
Innisfail Cemetery, Qld Plot: Section 5, Row 19, Plot 12 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 270, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 270, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 5 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 270, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Harold Herbert Kennedy Smith is also recorded as Harold Kennedy Smith and Harold Hubert Kennedy Smith.
When he enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published (under Harold Hubert Kennedy Smith) with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his mother Mrs. Smith, Clayfield, Brisbane. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 117, he is entered as Harold Hubert Kennedy Smith and it is noted payment was to a joint account held with Theresa M. Smith. The paybooks also noted his address as Longreach.
Qld BDM birth and death registers record him as Harold Kennedy Smith, and as Harold Hubert Kennedy Smith on the marriage register. He was born on 21 Oct 1879 in Queensland, a son to Charles Edwin Smith and Theresa Margaret Smith (nee Kennedy). He married Ruby Estelle Barnett on 2 Mar 1908 at All Saints' Church, Spring Hill, Brisbane and they had 2 children. They resided initially in Brisbane then later in Cairns and Innisfail where he was an accountant.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 499; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 117; Australian Boer War Memorial- database bio).
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