Regimental number | 3548 |
Place of birth | Adelaide, South Australia |
Religion | Baptist |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Sydney, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 29 |
Height | 5' 11" |
Weight | 140 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Frederick Smith, Dulwich Avenue, Adelaide, South Australia |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | East Sydney, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | June 1917 Reinforcements |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 11/14/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Canberra on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Palestine. Embarked Sydney, 16 November 1917; disembarked Suez, 21 December 1917, and taken on strength of Australian Base Depot Company, Camel Corps, Abbassia, the same day. Posted to 4th Bn, Camel Corps, 21 February 1918; taken on strength of 18 Company, 4th Bn, Camel Corps, 22 February 1918. Admitted to No 66 Casualty Clearing Station, 21 April 1918 (lumbago); transferred to No 26 Casualty Clearing Station, Ludd, 23 April 1918; to No 47 Stationary Hospital, Gaza, 25 April 1918; to No 44 Stationary Hospital, Kantara, 1 May 1918; to No 14 Australian General Hospital, Port Said, 2 May 1918; discharged and marched into Desert Mounted Corps Rest Camp, Port Said, 24 June 1918. Marched into 5th Bde Details, Moascar, 3 July 1918. Marched into Light Horse Training Regiment, Moascar, 24 July 1918. Transferred to, and taken on strength of 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment, 10 August 1918, and allotted number 3548A. Evacuated to hospital, 28 August 1918; admitted to No 66 Casualty Clearing Station, 30 August 1918; transferred to No 76 Casualty Clearing Station, 31 August 1918; to No 44 Stationary Hospital, Kantara, 31 August 1918 (lumbago); to No 31 General Hospital, Abbassia, 1 September 1918; classified B1, 11 October 1918; marched into Rest Camp, Port Said, 4 December 1918. Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HS 'Leicestershire', 24 December 1918; disembarked Melbourne, 22 January 1919; discharged Adelaide (medically unfit: debility), 13 August 1919. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal Cause of death: war effects |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 38 |
Place of burial | AIF Cemetery, West Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia |
Sources | NAA: B2455, SMITH Frederick Walter |