smith, richard william

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Smith, Richard William Service Number 371

Killed in Action 7th October 1917 Anzac Ridge, Passchendaele, Belgium

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NAME Smith, Richard William

SERVICE NO 371

UNIT 3rd

Battalion

RANK Company QM Sergeant (1 Oct 1916)

AGE at Enlistment 19 yrs 2 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH Bega, NSW

ADDRESS PO Tumbi Umbi, via Gosford, NSW

OCCUPATION Clerk

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 17 Aug 1914

PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT

Sydney, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE 14 mths 24th Infty, 3 yrs Senior Cadets

NEXT OF KIN Father;- John Robert Smith, Tumbi Umbi, NSW/ Warunda Station via Morven Qld/6 Short St., Darlinghurst, NSW/

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

Height-5’10”.Weight-11stn.2lbs. Chest-35”. Complexion-Fair. Eyes-Blue. Hair-Fair. Scar shape of 7 on R/shin below knee

RELIGION C/E

EMBARKED

DISEMBARKED

NOTES Father-Cpl J R Smith, Military Hospital Milson Island, (7 Aug 1918)

WOUNDED/ILLNESS

DIED 7 Oct 1917-by shell explosion @ Anzac Ridge Passchendaele, Belgium (while giving out rations)

BURIED Buried where he died

MEDALS 1914-15 Star-12879?, British War Medal-3129?, Victory Medal-3109. Memo-rial Plaque & Scroll-334487.

DEPENDANTS

PERSONAL EFFECTS New testament, disc, belt with badges, brush, ink pot, fountain pen (damaged), curios, handle, pr of gloves, 2 writing wallets, post cards, letters/

WILL Beneficiary;- Father

CORRESPONDENCE Father, 183 Barcom Ave., Darlinghurst. Mrs M A Goode, “Kia Ora” Bridge St., Lithgow/

REMARKS

RED CROSS REPORT “Smith was loved by everyone-the finest fellow in Australia & it cast a cloud over us all we were all so fond of him”/ He was known as Billy/

Sydney Morning Herald 7

th October 1918 pg. 4

SMITH – In loving memory of my dear brother and our nephew, Q.M.-Sergt, Richard W. Smith (Anzac), 3rd

Batt., killed in action, Polygon Wood, October 7, 1917, aged 22 years. The best that God could send- A loving brother and a faithful friend. Inserted by his loving sister, Tillie, and aunties, Alice and Midge. SMITH – In loving memory of my dear pal and cousin, Q.M.-Sergt. Richard W. Smith (Anzac), 3

rd Batt, killed in action, Polygon Wood, October 7, 1917. Aged 22 years.

Greater love hath no man than this, That he laid down his life for his friends. Inserted by his loving pal and cousin, Arthur and Nell Carnck?, Roslyndale avenue, Woollahra.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1787848

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