SMITH, Stanley Arthur
| Service Number: | 3248 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Fremantle Western Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Harvey, Harvey, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Wellington ,Western Australia, 23 April 1955, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Harvey Cemetery, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 3248, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: RMS Morea embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 26 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 3248, 10th Light Horse Regiment, RMS Morea, Fremantle |
Stanley Arthur Smith from the Mount Lawley Society
Private Stanley Arthur Smith was born in Fremantle in 1891 to parents George Smith (died 1914) and Catherine Smith nee Brown. (1854-1917). Stanley was a farmer when he enlisted in July 1916 at the age of nearly 25.
He left Fremantle in February 1917 as Trooper with the 26th Battalion 10th Reinforcements , arriving in Suez in April, then off to training camp at Moascar, then with the British Expeditionary Force as a temporary driver.
On the 9th of December 1917 he was the middle driver of a wagon team when he was thrown from the mule , fell to the ground and injured. he was admitted to the 14th General Hospital at Abbassia, Egypt.
He suffered a severe dislocation injury to his left elbow which, according to the medical report "may interfere with his future efficiency as a soldier".
In the middle of 1918 he was transferred to the cable section to be Driver. In April 1919 he was admitted to hospital again at Abbassia with Catarrhal Jaundice ( infectious).
He was returned to Australia in June 1919 as temporarily unfit for general service and also for home service.
In 1920 the Samuels ( Stanley's sister )had moved away from Clarence St, and Stanley is listed as being a a farmer at Narrogin, WA.
In 1932 he married Margaret Ann Davis (1909-1987) in Bunbury and the continued farming in the area. They had 1 son.
Stanley died on the 23rd April 1955 in Wellington WA and was buried in the Harvey Cemetery.
Submitted 17 February 2024 by beth McKechnie