Albert Thomas SMYTHE

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SMYTHE, Albert Thomas

Service Number:	193
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Queensland, Australia, 15 December 1880
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Warwick, Queensland, Australia, 11 November 1963, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Warwick General Cemetery, Qld Plot: Section G, Plot 573, Row 1
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 193, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 193, 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.
1 Dec 1901:	Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 497, notes promoted to Corporal 1 Dec 1901.
18 Aug 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 193, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Remained in hospital in South Africa when 5th QIB returned. Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QUB notes later returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 11 Aug 1902, discharged 18 Aug 1902.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

When Albert Thomas Smythe 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. Smythe, Glenfallen, Warwick. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB held by Qld State Archives it was noted he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. A. Smythe, Warwick.

Albert Thomas Smythe was born on 15 Dec 1880 in Queensland, a son to Henry Thomas Smythe and Eliza Annie Smythe (nee Lawson). He married Elizabeth Annie O'Brien on 18 Sep 1907 at Warwick and they had 3 children.

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 497; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB Bk 2, p. 43).

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