Smith, James (aka Jock Bradley) by Central Coast Council

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, Allen Smith, James (aka Edmund Jock Bradley) Service Service Number Number 1494 2217 Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Died of illness 29th October 1915 Gallipoli Heliopolis Peninsula No. 1 General Hospital

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 1st 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-James aka BRADLEY Jock

SERVICE NO

2217

UNIT

1st Battalion/(joined from 6th Reinfts 6/8/15) “D” Company

RANK

Sergeant

AGE at Enlistment

29 yrs 6 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH

Antrim, Ireland

OCCUPATION

Laborer

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

19 Apr 1915

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

Liverpool, NSW

NEXT OF KIN

Friend;- Miss Lena Hanlon;- 62 Cambridge St., Paddington, NSW/ 23 Gurner St., Paddington/ 65 Cambridge St., Paddington ( By 28 Jul 1920 Miss Hanlon whereabouts unknown).

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Height;- 5’5½”. Weight;- 150lbs. Chest;- 34-37 “. Complexion;Dark. Eyes;- Brown. Hair;- Black. Distinctive Marks;- Tattoo right arm, both forearms, scar on Chin, scar right foot.

RELIGION

Church of England

EMBARKED

1915 Jun 16- Sydney

DISEMBARKED

1915 Jul 17 - Suez

NOTES

Joined Btn as Private-Gallipolli 6/8/15

WOUNDED/ILLNESS

1915-Aug 6-9 Wounded Bomb wound right leg 1915-Aug 13 Disembarked Alexandria per HS “Canada” Admitted No 1 General Hospital Heliopolis 1915-21 Aug- Admitted No 3 Aux Hospital Heliopolis 1915-29-Oct- Telegram No 1 Gen Hosp;- Dangerously ill

DIED

1915-Oct 29- Died of Double Pneumonia 1.45 am No 1 General Hospital Heliopolis

BURIED

1915-Oct 30 at Cairo- British Cemetery Rev S A Borridge.

MEDALS

1914/15 Star No.589 British War Medal No. 20008. Victory Medal No. 19933- Memorial Plaque No. 300459 & Memorial Scroll 300459 all marked Untraceable

PERSONAL EFFECTS

Braces, Whistle, Belt, Pipe, Bars in Brown paper parcel./ 1918-Feb 7th per Marathon to L Hanlon;- scarf. Knitted square, pair of brushes in Case, 2 brushes, cards, purse, key, piece of comb. Commonwealth Bank Book no 29396 Sydney. Returned unclaimedforwarded to Public Trustee/

CORRESPONDENCE

1915-Aug 13;-letter from Lieut E T Begley 15th LH Mansfield, Victoria-requesting info for mother of J Smith-proved to be another J Smith/ 1915-Nov 16-Miss Lena Hanlon requesting conformation of death & whereabouts of South African ribbons & pocket book. 1916-Jan- Miss L Hanlon- re change of address. 1918-1920's letters to & from the Public Trustee trying to locate Next of Kin- to no avail-

REMARKS

The true identity of the man known in Terrigal in 1915 as Jock Bradley is not clear. At the time of enlistment he worked for a J. Smith, fisherman of Terrigal and Jock is reported to have joined under the name J. Smith. A circumstantial case exists for Sergeant James Smith SERN 2217, who died of pneumonia in Egypt on 29-Oct1915 being the man in question. The reasons why this man from Terrigal enlisted under a false name may never be known.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1783348