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Joined the Sydney University Scouts and appointed 2nd Lt (prov) 16 Feb 1913. Transferred to 1st AIF as Lt in 4 Bn 27 August 1914.
Book of Remembrance entry
M.B., Demonstrator in Anatomy : Lieutenant, 4th Battn., A.I.F., Gallipoli. Enlisting 27th August, 1914, and sailing 15th October, served as Battalion Signalling Officer at the Anzac Landing until wounded early the following afternoon. After the wound had been dressed he fell while again leading his men into action. Mentioned in Despatches Killed in Action, Anzac, 26th April, 1915. Commemorated in Lone Pine Memorial. Early education at Sydney Church of England Grammar School. There was much quiet heroism in Smith's action.
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1890Smith M.P. : Life.Birth 30 May 1890
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?Early education at Sydney Church of England Grammar School, North Sydney, NSW, Australia
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1911Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1911
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1914Enlisted 27 Aug 1914
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?Military service as Lieutenant at Gallipoli --, Turkey
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?Demonstrator in Anatomy at Camperdown -University of Sydney- NSW, Australia
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1915Death in Gallipoli -Anzac Cove-, Turkey 26 April 1915
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