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Harry Joseph St Clair SMITH

Regimental number373
Date of birth12 June 1895
Place of birthBalmain, New South Wales
SchoolKogarah and Sydney Grammar Schools, New South Wales
Other trainingCadet Draughtsman
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCadet draughtsman
AddressGlen Ayr, Willoughby Road, Naremburn, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs J J Smith, Glen Ayr, Willoughby Road, Naremburn, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed as Cadet in Sydney Grammar School, and also in the Militia at Artarmon.
Enlistment date17 August 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll22 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 19 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularGiven names on Roll Of Honour Circular (completed by his father): Harry Joseph Sinclair.
FateKilled in Action 23 June 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 19), 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
38
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James John and Hannah SMITH, of Harris Street, Sans Souci, NSW. Native of Balmain.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

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