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Henry Lewis SMITH

Regimental number2003
Place of birthDublin, Ireland
SchoolSt Pauls, North King's Street, Dublin, Ireland
Age on arrival in Australia21
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
Addressc/o GPO, Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 7.25"
Weight138.5 lbs
Next of kinAunt, Miss K Lewis, Crossways Woodstock Road, Oxford, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date22 February 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll5 February 1915
Place of enlistmentLismore, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on 16 April 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll15th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death22.9
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 49), 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
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Francis and Mary SMITH. Native of Dublin, Ireland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Brisbane on HMHS 'Kyarra', 16 April 1915. Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

Court of inquiry held at Serapeum, 6-8 April 1916, found that Pte Henry Lewis Smith was killed in action, Gallipoli Peninsula, 8 August 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, SMITH Henry Lewis

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