SMITH, Harry
| Service Number: | 268 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 5 July 1880 |
| Home Town: | Beaudesert, Scenic Rim, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 19 October 1970, aged 90 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Gleneagle Roman Catholic Cemetery, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 268, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 4 Mar 1901: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 115, notes promoted to Corporal 4 Mar 1901. | |
| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 268, 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. | |
| 20 Aug 1901: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, London Gazette- 20 August 1901 on page 5494 at position 1 | |
| 28 Sep 1901: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 499, notes promoted to Sergeant 28 Sep 1901. | |
| 22 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 268, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 115, notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Columbian arriving Brisbane 15 May 1901, discharged 22 May 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Harry Smith enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his father H. Smith, Merrivale St, South Brisbane. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 115, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. E. Smith, Merrivale St, South Brisbane.
Harry Smith was born on 5 Jul 1880 in Queensland, a son to Harry Smith and Eliza Smith (nee Watson). He married Violet Tilley on 27 Nov 1912 in Queensland and they had 4 Children. He resided for a lengthy period in Beaudesert where in 1905 he was a founding member of the Beaudesert Rifle Club, and was the last of the founding members when he passed in 1970.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 499; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 115; Australian Boer War Memorial- Database bio).
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