SMART, James Tregellis
| Service Number: | 6353 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 May 1916, 20th Reinforcements |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ararat, Victoria, Australia, 23 March 1883 |
| Home Town: | Ararat, Ararat, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Ararat, Victoria, Australia, 15 December 1963, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Ararat General Cemetery |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 29 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6353, 6th Infantry Battalion, 20th Reinforcements | |
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| 11 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 6353, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 6353, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 23 Apr 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6353, 6th Infantry Battalion, per HT Ayrshire | |
| 30 Aug 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6353, 6th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
James (name is listed on AWM Records as James Fregellis Smart and Joseph Tregei]llis Smart) - Birth and other official records have him as James Tregellis - fourth of twelve children of Thomas william Smart (b1858 in Ararat, Victoria) and first wife Sarah Emma Conduit (b1858 in Port Fairy, Victoria).Thomas - a Plasterer - and Sarah married in 1879 in Ararat, Victoria where they settled and raised their family. Following Sarah's death in 1900, Thomas remarried in 1908 to Annie Doyle (nee Grundy b1876 in London, England).
James was a Labourer in Ararat, Victoria when he married Harriet Elizabeth Paynter (b1865 in Ampitheatre, Victoria). James and Harriet settled in Ararat and in May 1916 James enlsited in the AIF. He was a Private (Service No:6353) with 20/8 Infantry Battalion and was Discharged in August 1917. Brother Goulburn Smart (Driver; Service No:6747) also served in WWI. Sons Leslie Raymond (Trooper; Service No:VX77231) and Henry Roy (Flying Officer; Service No:42866), Nephews Mervyn Goulburn Smart (Sergeant; Service No:401397) and Kenneth Roy Smart (Ordinary Seaman; Service No:PM5721), Brothers-in-Law Trevor (Mick) George McKenzie (Corporal; Service No:v58348/WOII; Service No:VX123431), Hugh Arthur Henderson (Leading Aircraftman; Service No:145711) and Raymond Oscar Abrahams (Private; Service No:VX78519/Corporal; Service No:V3910236) served in WWII.
Following the War, James and Harriet lived in Stawell, Warracknabeal and Ararat where James worked as a Labourer. James died in 1963 and Harriet died in 1977.