"Too far away thy grave to see, but not too far to think of thee"
SMAIL, Robert
Service no 1068 Petty Officer HMA Submarine AE1
Born Galashiels, Scotland. Son of Robert and E. Sherriff Smail Of 14, Danks St., Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia. Killed when Submarine was either lost to enemy action or from an unknown accident without a trace 14 September 1914 Aged 26 years Commemorated Plymouth Naval Memorial, UK
The Australasian Saturday 26 September 1914
SMEDLEY, Francis John
Lieutenant 7th Battalion
Born: Carlton, Victoria Son of Samuel & Janet SMEDLEY Husband of Florence Margaret SMEDLEY Of 40 Harold St, Upper Hawthorne, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting: Accountant Enlisted: 5 March 1915 Embarkation: 7 March 1916 from Melbourne per ‘Wiltshire’ Age: 39 years Served in Egypt, France, Belgium & England Wounded in Action on 2 occasions: 29/6/1916 & 9/8/1918 Died of Wounds: 20 August 1918 Buried: Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, England Grave: 181.412
Awarded Military Cross 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When the platoon in front of him, during an attack, had lost its commander, who was severely wounded, and had suffered heavily in other casualties, he immediately pushed forward with some of his own men, and, taking command of the platoon thus reinforced, proceeded to drive off the enemy, with very heavy casualties of killed and prisoners, as they attempted to prevent the consolidation of the position he had captured, and which he then disposed for defence and held against counter attacks. His courage initiative and skill were largely responsible for the success of the enterprise.'
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SMITH, A
Killed at Gallipoli
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Australasian Saturday 10 July 1915 page 32
SMITH, Albert Joseph
Service 2897 Ableseaman Royal Australian Navy (HMAS Australia)
Enlisted Melbourne 22 April 1913. Posted HMAS Australia 30 January 1914. Service – German Territories in South Pacific, South Atlantic, North Sea. The Australia captured and sank the German supply ship Eleonore Woerman north of the Falkland Islands on 6 January 1915, after firing a 30cm shell across the enemy ship's bows to stop her. She was then scuttled by a boarding party. On 19 August 1916 the Australia narrowly avoided torpedoes off Terschelling in the North Sea. Albert later recalled: We had the German Fleet bottled up, but their submarines had England almost in a state of siege. We saw the effect at sea and knew that we would be a prize worth fifty of the smaller ships we saw sunk. We zig-zagged non-stop; the men out shovelling snow off our decks - we had snow for months at a time up North - found it hard to keep our feet with our cork-screwing around. Discharged 19 April 1919. Age 19, single. Born at Neerim. On the Australian Natives Association (Warragul), Warragul Shire, Neerim District and Neerim North State School Honour Boards. Awarded the 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal 1914-1918, and Allied Victory Medal.
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SMITH, Clarence John
Service No 107 Private 37th Battalion
Born Berwick, Vic. Son of Alfred and Hannah SMITH Of High Street, Berwick, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Driver Enlisted 21 February 1916 Killed in action 08 June 1917 in France Aged 21 years Commemorated Ypres Menin Gate Memorial
SMITH, Edwin Arthur George
Service No 11908 Sergeant 4th Motor Transport Company
Born Newmarket, Vic. Son of A SMITH Of 28 Canterbury Street, Flemington, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Bank Clerk Enlisted 08 November 1915 Returned to Australia 01 April 1919
SMITH, Edwin Richardson
Service No 462 Private 22nd Battalion
Born Wooroopna, Vic. Son of Edwin M and Dinah SMITH Of Mooroopna, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Bank Clerk Resided Grey Street, Hamilton, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Bank Clerk Enlisted 12 January 1915 Killed in action 28 August 1916 Aged 24 years Buried Pozieres British Cemetery III G 10
SMITH, Egbert Charles
Service No. 2347 Sergeant 8th Light Horse, 16th Reinforcement
Born Born 1892 Rushworth Victoria Eldest Son of Frederick & Ruth (nee Meers) Smith Occupation prior to enlistment: Boot Trade Single, aged 22, he sailed with the 2nd contingent from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A66 Uganda on 2 May 1916, landing in Gallipoli and fighting there until August when he contracted Enteric Fever and was invalided back to Australia During his convalescence he qualified to go to Duntroon Royal Military college but declined and sailed for the front again, Fighting all through the Palestine Campaign until he was wounded at Essault in 1918 and captured by the Turks and taken to Dasmascus and then to hospital in Aleppo. He remained a prisoner Of Qwar until Australian Troops captured the town. Egbert was engaged to be married but died suddenly on 28 Aug 1923. He is buried at Rushwortyh Victoria
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SMITH, Ernest Albert
Service No 177 Sergeant 7th Battalion
Born England Son of William and Ellen SMITH Husband of Elizabeth M SMITH of 62 O'Hea Street, Coburg, Melbourne, Vic. Killed in action at the Landing at Anzac Cove 25 April 1915 Aged 45 years Buried Lone Pine Memorial 28
Education Department's Record of War Service 1914-1919 Victoria
SMITH, Ernest Ralph
Service no 6721 Sergeant 4th Australian Field Artillery Brigade
Son of Arthur and Elizabeth Eleanor SMITH Of 'Stroud' Surrey Road, Blackburn, Vic. Awarded the Military Medal Killed in action 26 August 1916 Aged 22 years Buried Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boisselle I A 10
Education Department's Record of War Service 1914-1919 Victoria
SMITH, Frederick John
Service No: V80374 Private Depot
Born: 25 December 1895 at Benambra, Victoria Father: George SMITH Of Parkside, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting: School Teacher Enlisted: 24 September 1918 Age: 22 years Discharged prior to embarkation: 24 December 1918
Education Department's Record of War Service 1914-1919 Victoria
SMITH, Frederick Joseph
Service no 746 Private 4th Light Horse Regiment
Son of S SMITH Of Leithland Road, Brunswick, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Plasterer Enlisted 15 January 1915 Served in Egypt and Gallipoli Killed in action 07 August 1915 Buried Ari Burnu Cemetery
Weekly Times Sat 6 Nov 1915 page 25
SMITH, Geoffrey Kennedy
Service No 738 Private 21st Battalion
Born Bairnsdale, Vic. Son of John Kennedy SMITH Of Bairnsdale, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Trainer Enlisted 15 March 1915 Died of wounds 02 December 1915 Aged 22 years Buried Wandsworth Cemetery Aust. Sect. Grave 15
SMITH, George Frederick Herbert
Service No: 383 Private 14th Battalion
Born: Warrnambool, Victoria Father: John SMITH Of Ararat Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting: Blacksmith Enlisted: 10 September 1914 Embarkation: 22 December 1914 from Melbourne per ‘Ulysses’ Age: 22 years Served in Egypt & Gallipoli Killed in Action: 28 April 1914 Commemorated at Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey Panel 42
Australasian 26 June 1915 page 61
SMITH, George Henry
Service No: 2247 Private 60th Battalion, 59th Battalion
Born: Eagle Hawk, Bendigo, Victoria Father: Thomas SMITH Of Wild Duck Creek PO, via Knowsley, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting: Market Gardener Enlisted: 18 April 1916 Embarkation: 1 August 1916 Age: 31 years Served in France Wounded in Action on 2 occasions: 27/4/1918 & 29/9/1918 Died of Wounds: 3 October 1918 Buried: St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France Plot B, No. 2C
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SMITH, George William
Service no 1122 Private 14th Battalion
Born Melbourne, Vic. Son of Margaret SMITH Of 40 Greeve Street, St. Kilda, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Leather Worker Enlisted 15 October 1914 Served in Egypt and Gallipoli Killed in action 04 May 1915 at Gallipoli Aged 22 years
SMITH, Harold Ernest
Captain 22nd Battalion
Born Inglewood, Vic. Son of Richard Christopher Hales and Maria Louisa SMITH Husband of Elsie May SMITH Of 180 Autumn Street, Geelong West, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Engineer Killed in action 26 August 1916 Aged 25 years Commemorated Villers-Brettoneux Memorial
Weekly Times Saturday 04 November 1916 page 27
SMITH, Harry
Service no 739 Private 5th Division Salvage Company
Born Belfast, Co. Antrim, Ireland Nephew of Miss DAVIS Of Glencairn, Belfast, Ireland Occupation prior to enlistment Farmer Resided Newstead, Vic. Enlisted 24 August 1914 at Castlemaine, Vic. Served in Egypt and Western Front Discharged in England 05 March 1919
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SMITH, Henry Gordon
Service number 2024 Private 5th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
Born in North Melbourne, Vic Son of Charles and Jessie SMITH of 21 Shepherd Street, Footscray, Vic Occupation prior to enlistment Hairdresser Enlistment date 7 January 1915 Served in Gallipoli Killed in Action 09-10 August 1915 Aged 33 No known grave Commemorated at The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 25), Gallipoli, Turkey
‘Australasian Saturday 13 November 1915 page 33’
SMITH, John Patrick
Service no 280 Private 8th Battalion
Born 26 November 1894 at Gordon, Vic. NOK Father:- Edward Smith, Millbrook,Vic Occupation Prior to enlistment:- Labourer Enlisted 27 August 1914 in Ballarat, Vic Served as Private in "B" Coy 8th Battalion. Served at Gallipoli, France, Belgium. Died of multiple shrapnel wounds at 54th General Hospital at Wimereux, France on 02 November 1917 received in action near Decline Copse, Paschendaele, Belgium on 25.10.1917. He is buried at Wimereux Cemetery His great niece visited his grave and walked the ground of Decline Copse in October 2010. The first of his family to do so.
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SMITH, John William
Service number 1613 Private 7th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
Wife Florence Smith of 57 Rosebury Street, Auburn, Vic Occupation prior to enlistment Labourer Enlistment date 11 December 1914 Served in Gallipoli Killed in Action 14 July 1915 Buried at Shrapnel Valley Cemetery (Plot II, Row b, Grave No. 31), Gallipoli, Turkey
Australasian Saturday 04 September 1915 page 32
SMITH, Lancelot Cropley
Service No: 12306 Private 10th Field Ambulance
Born: Albert Park, Victoria Son of Thomas & Minnie Ellen SMITH Of Ranfurlie Crescent, East Malvern, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting: Surveyor Enlisted: 6 June 1916 Embarkation: 20 June 1916 from Melbourne per ‘Runic’ Age: 19 years Served in England, France & Belgium Died of Wounds: 15 October 1917 Buried: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium Plot 21, Row F, Grave 21a Awarded Military Medal
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SMITH, Leslie Jack
Service No 661 Private 14th Battalion
Born Findley, NSW Son of John Leslie SMITH Of 3 Adair Street, Ballarat, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Pastry Cook Enlisted 11 September 1914 Killed in action 27 May 1915 at Gallipoli Aged 19 years Commemorated Shrapnel Valley Cemetery
SMITH, Maxwell George
Service No. 249 Private 6th Battalion
Born in 1895 at Mooney Ponds, Victoria Son of Mr. & Mrs. George A. Smith of North Fitzroy, Victoria (formerly of Davenport, Tasmania). Occupation prior to enlistment – Iron moulder Enlisted on August 17, 1914 at Melbourne, Victoria Served in Gallipoli Killed in action on May 8, 1915 at Cape Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey aged 20. Commemorated at Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.
SMITH, Patrick
Service No 1312 Private 14th Battalion
Born Fitzroy, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Blacksmith Enlisted 27 August 1914 Killed in action 08 June 1916 Aged 25 years
SMITH, Percy
Service No 1049 Lance Sergeant 14th Battalion
Born Collingwood, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Driver Resided 18 Hayes Street, Northcote, Vic. Enlisted 14 September 1914 Died of wounds 29 April 1915 at sea Aged 22 years Commemorated Lone Pine Memorial
SMITH, Richard Godfrey
Captain 21st Battalion
Born Richmond, Vic. Son of Richard and Mara SMITH Husband of Ellen SMITH Of Kia Ora, Murtoa, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Coach Builder Killed in action 26 August 1916 Aged 33 years Buried Pozieres British Cemetery I E 29
SMITH, Robert
Brigadier General 5th Battalion, 22nd Battalion
Born: 4 September 1881 at Richmond Victoria Son of John & Janet SMITH nee ANDERSON Educated at Scotch College, Victoria Husband of Eliza SMITH nee CLEMENGER Of 91 New St, Middle Brighton, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting: Wool Merchant Enlisted: 24 March 1915 Embarkation: 8 May 1915 from Melbourne per ‘Ulysses’ Age: 33 years Served in Egypt, Gallipoli, France, Belgium & England Returned to Australia: 3 October 1918 per ‘Wiltshire’ Appointment Terminated: 18 October 1918 Died: 14 July 1928
Awarded CMG, DSO & Bar, Croix de Guerre (Belgium) Mentioned in Despatches on 4 occasions
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SMITH, Robert James Wright
Service No: 2713 Private 2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born: Lancefield, Victoria Mother: Emma SMITH Of 35 St Vincents Place, Albert Part, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting: Miner Enlisted: 1 June 1916 Embarkation: 18 September 1916 from Melbourne Age: 36 years Served in England & France Returned to Australia: 5 September 1919 per ‘Chemnitz’ Discharged: 20 October 1919 Died: 20 July 1965 Buried: Barmera Cemetery, South Australia
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SMITH, Stanley Herbert
Service no 777 Private 14th Battalion
Born Grenville, Ballarat, Vic. NOK Mrs. BORGORNIA Of 106 Sturt Street, Ballarat, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Labourer Resided Mildura, Vic. Enlisted 21 September 1914 Served in Egypt and Gallipoli Killed in action 27 April 1915 at Gallipoli Aged 21 years Buried Courtney's and Steel's Post Cemetery
'Australasian Saturday 19 June 1915 page 60’
SMITH, Stanley William
Service No 3484 Private 60th Battalion
Born at Homebush, Victoria, circa 1892 Son of Thomas James and Emily Agnes Smith. Occupation prior to enlistment Farmer Enlisted at Avoca on 28 April 1917 Died of wounds at the 61st Clearing Station near Amiens on 8 August 1918, aged 26. He was buried at the Vignacourt British Cemetery.
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SMITH, Thomas
Service no 2855 Driver 2nd Pioneers
Born Ballarat Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Miner Enlisted 19 July 1915 at Melbourne, Vic. Returned to Australia per 'Castalia' 30 May 1919 Died 30 October 1952
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SMITT, William
Service No 1129 Sergeant 21st Battalion
Born Broadlands, Vic. Son of Eric and Rosa SMITT Of Lower Nicholson via Bairnsdale, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Labourer Enlisted 05 April 1915 Killed in action 23 August 1916 Aged 35 years Commemorated Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
SMYTH, Butler Cole
Service no 456 Private 23rd Battalion
Born 25 February 1894 at Warragul, Vicl. Son of Charles SMYTH Of Blackwood Park, Nizma, Gippsland, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Bank Clerk Enlisted 16 February 1915 Served in Egypt, Gallipoli and on Western Front Although he emerged relatively unscathed from the Gallipoli campaign, he was wounded by shrapnel on the Western Front. In the same incident he almost died from poison gas; a mate strapped a gas mask onto him whilst he was unconscious. Returned to Australia 21 December 1917
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SMYTH, Charles Alexander
Service no 5217 Private 14th Battalion (16 Rfns)
Enlisted Melbourne 17 January 1916. Embarked Melbourne per HMAT A68 Anchises on 14 March 1916. Service – Western Front. Taken on strength 46 Battalion 24 May 1916. Returned to Australia per Karmala on 17 August 1919. Discharged on 10 October 1919. Age 19 years 7 months, Stock Dealer, single, Church of England. He was 5'5½" and weighed 113 pounds with a medium complexion, blue eyes and brown hair. Born at Warragul. Son of Charles Nelson Smythe, Bowen Street, Warragul. Brother of Private 546 Butler Cole Smyth, 23 Battalion. Served one year with Senior Cadets. Awarded the 1914-1918 British War Medal and Allied Victory Medal. On the Nilma State School, Warragul High School, and Warragul Shire Honour Boards.
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SMYTH, Frederick
Service No: 418 Corporal 1st Australian Service Company
Born: Bendigo, Victoria Mother: Jane SMYTH Of 37 Hudson St, Coburg, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting: Bushman Enlisted: 20 August 1914 Embarkation: 19 October 1914 from Melbourne per ‘Benalla’ Age: 36 years Served in Egypt, Gallipoli, France, Belgium & England Returned to Australia: 5 January 1919 per ‘Suevic’ Discharged: 5 March 1919