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Harold George SMITH

Regimental number194
Place of birthDaylesford, Victoria
SchoolCharters Towers State School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressVictoria Farm, Ayr, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Smith, Victoria Farm, Ayr, Queensland
Previous military serviceServed as Lieut OCH Company, 2nd Infantry, Ayr QLD.
Enlistment date21 September 1914
Place of enlistmentTownsville, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit name15th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal Roll2nd Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll15th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularHe took great interest in anything connected with the Military and also a good rifle shot winning several medals and cash prizes.
FateDied of wounds 10 May 1915
Place of death or woundingQuinn's Post, Gallipoli, Turkey
Age at death21.5
Place of burialAt Sea
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 43), Gallipoli, Turkey

The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey.

The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank.

The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here.

Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
77
Family/military connectionsBrother William Charles Smith mentioned in despatches by General Birdwood for conspicious bravery in the field.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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