Regimental number | 14028 |
Place of birth | North Sydney, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Electrical mechanic |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 28 |
Height | 5' 9.25" |
Weight | 140 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, William Barnett Smith, 292 Miller Street, North Sydney, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Sydney, New South Wales |
Unit name | Army Service Corps Reinforcement 24 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 25/105/5 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Driver |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Divisional Ammunition Column |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Family/military connections | Brother: Lt Walter Barnett SMITH, 16th Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 4 July 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Melbourne, 11 May 1917; disembarked Plymouth, England, 19 July 1917, and marched in to Army Service Corps Details. Admitted to Tidworth Military Hospital, 25 August 1917 (synovitis, left knee); discharged to Training Depot, 5 September 1917. Admitted to Tidworth Military Hospital, 15 September 1917; discharged to Training Depot, 9 November 1917. Transferred to Artillery Details, Heytesbury, 12 November 1917. Proceeded overseas to France, 6 February 1918; taken on strength, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, 7 March 1918. Transferred to 3rd Field Artillery Brigade, 6 June 1918. Permanently attached, as Driver, to 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, 4 February 1919. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Konig Frederich August', 28 June 1919; disembarked Sydney, 10 August 1919; discharged (medically unfit), Sydney, 28 September 1919. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Name does not appear on Embarkation Roll. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, SMITH Reginald William |