SMITH, Harold Thompson
Service Numbers: | 509, 4474 |
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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 |
World War 1 Service
22 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 509, Depot Battalion | |
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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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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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