SMITH, Arthur Henry

SMITH,  Arthur Henry

Full Name: Arthur Henry

SMITH

Date of Birth: 12

1882

Place of birth: Tenterton Inverell NSW

Australia

Occupation: Driver

Address: Holyoake WA

Next of Kin: Mother – Susannah HARRISON

Next of Kin Address: Barrabup WA

Religion: Church of England

Service Number: 2452

Rank: Private

Unit/Division: 51st Battalion

Enlistment Date: 1915-07-28

Enlistment Location: Perth

WA

Embarkation Port:

Embarkation Date: 1915-10-13

Embarkation Ship:

Disembarkation Port:

Disembarkation Date: 1915-11-06

Locations Served:

,

Returned: No

Discharge Date:

Cause of Death: Killed in Action

Date of Death:

Place of Death: Mouquet Farm Pozieres France

Age at Death: 34

Burial Location: Inscription – Villers Brettoneux Memorial France

20/07/1915- Completed Medical Examination Perth WA
28/07/1915- To No. 1 Depot Battalion Blackboy Hill WA as Private
16/09/1915- To 5th Reinforcements 28th Battalion Blackboy Hill
13/10/1915- Embarked Fremantle WA aboard ” Themistocles ” bound for Egypt
6/11/1915- Disembarked Alexandria ex Australia to 7th Training Battalion Zeitoun Egypt
28/02/1916- Admitted Australian Dermatological Hospital Abassia ( Sick )
3/03/1916- Transferred to 51st Battalion Tel-el-Kebir Egypt ex Hospital
5/06/1916- Embarked Alexandria with British Expeditionary Forces bound for Marseilles France
12/06/1916- Disembarked Marseilles
27/06/1916- Admitted Hospital France ( Tonsilitis )
3/09/1916- Reported Missing in Action France
23/04/1917- Court of Enquiry found SMITH to be Killed in Action at Mouquet Farm Pozieres France.

 

SERVICE MEDALS AWARDED

1914/15 Star – No. 23357

British War Medal – No. 21913

Victory Medal – No. 21837

Memorial Plaque/Scroll – No. 323257

 

MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS

Holyoake Roll of Honour WA

Australian War Memorial Canberra ACT – Panel No. 154

Villers Brettoneux War Memorial France.