Smith, Horace Beach

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, Allen Smith, Edmund Horace Beach

Service Service Number Number 1494 5112 Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Died of Wounds 5th May 1917 Gallipoli Peninsula 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, France

Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of Benalyn Campbell And Vivienne Tranter in compiling this resource

The information in this file has been extracted from official records held in the The Australian War Memorial and National Archives of Australia (ÂŠ Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013) Further information on this soldier may be found online at: Commonwealth War Graves The AIF project Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1 st AIF. This resource is presented by Gosford City Council for research purposes only. Please note that copyright for resources contained within remains with the original copyright owners.

NAME

Smith, Horace Beach

SERVICE NO

5112

UNIT

18th Battalion/33rd Battalion/41st Battalion

RANK

Private

AGE at Enlistment

22 yrs 10 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH

Wyong, NSW

ADDRESS OCCUPATION

Labourer

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

27 Jan 1916

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT PREVIOUS SERVICE

Bowraville, NSW

NEXT OF KIN

Mother;- Mabel Denney (Smith), Deep Creek, Nambucca River NSW/ Yandena, Maroachy River Qld/Nambour PO/

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION RELIGION

Height-5’7”. Weight-126lbs. Chest-32-34 Complexion-Fair. Eyes-Blue. Hair-Fair. Appendix Scar C/E

EMBARKED

3 Jun 1916 Sydney per A55 “Kyarra”

DISEMBARKED NOTES

AWOL 2 -11 Oct 1916 Larkhill England AWOL 21 -30 Dec 1916 France/

WOUNDED/ILLNESS

28 Feb to 10 Mar 1917-adm hospital-Scabies/ 4 May 1917-GSW Head 5 May 1917-GSW Head Penetrating @ 2nd Aust. Casualty Clearing Stn., France

DIED BURIED MEDALS

Trois Arbres Steenwerck, 3½mls WNW Armenteres, France- Plot 1 Row J Gve 11 British War Medal-41346, Victory Medal-40921. Memorial Plaque & Scroll323679.

DEPENDANTS PERSONAL EFFECTS

Id disc, pipe, fountain pen, metal wrist watch (damaged) & strap, testament, small wallet, belt, correspondence, 3 numerals, 1 franc note (damaged)/

WILL CORRESPONDENCE

Mother/ Sister;- Ivy Smith, John H Clayton & Son, Solicitors 280 Castlereagh St Sydney/

REMARKS RED CROSS REPORT

Buried Villers Bretonneux Mil Cem., plot 1 Row D Gve 4/

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1781686

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