Harold Thompson SMITH

SMITH, Harold Thompson

    Service Numbers: 509, 4474
    Enlisted: 22 March 1915
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 8th Field Company Engineers
    Born: North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1896
    Home Town: Prahran, Stonnington, Victoria
    Schooling: State School No 583, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Warehouseman
    Died: Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916
    Cemetery: Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery
    To be rededicated on 19 July 2024
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    22 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 509, Depot Battalion
    10 May 1915: Embarked Private, 509, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
    10 May 1915: Involvement Private, 509, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    7 Aug 1915: Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 5th Field Company Engineers
    16 Aug 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5th Field Company Engineers
    21 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 8th Field Company Engineers
    19 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4474, 8th Field Company Engineers, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)

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    Biography contributed by VWM Australia

    Private Harold Thompson Smith has been found and identified along with 6 others in 2024. His remains were discovered in 2007 but only recently with the use of DNA and forensic evidence has he been positively identified. 

    Private Smith will have his headstone rededicated on the anniversary of the Battle of Fromelles on 19 July 2024.

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