Harry Edward SMITH

SMITH, Harry Edward

Service Number: 559
Enlisted: 9 September 1914, Enlisted at Rosebery, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 13th Infantry Battalion
Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1889
Home Town: Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales
Schooling: Moss Vale Public School, New South Wales
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, At sea (HS Galeka), Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 29 April 1915
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
No known grave, buried at sea Panel 39, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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World War 1 Service

9 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 559, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rosebery, NSW
22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 559, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 559, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Charlotte Louisa Brown of Ferndale Street, Newtown, NSW later of Waterloo, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal