Name: Harry Albert Smith
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Birth Date: 1890 | Where: Grisham, Victoria |
Died: 30th June, 1916 | Where: Bailleul, France |
Place of Enlistment: Blackboy Hill, Western Australia | Age: 25 |
Serial Number: 2023 | Battalion: 28th |
Rank on Enlistment: Private | Rank on Discharge/Death: Private |
Awards: 1914 - 15 Star, British War Medal 1914 - 1920, Victory Medal,
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Biographical Details: Before he enlisted, in Geraldton Western Australia in 1915, Harry Albert Smith had been rejected seven times – once in NSW, once in SA and five times in WA. Harry had been rejected on medical grounds because he had a glass eye. Presumably his pre-war services in Citizens Forces, and his persistence, were the telling factors. He was eventually enlisted with the 3rd Reinforcement of the 28th Battalion and after some training at Blackboy Hill and Egypt he joined the Battalion at Gallipoli. On the first anniversary of Harry’s death the following notice appeared in the Geraldton Guardian: Harry’s service medals, the Memorial Scroll and Memorial Plaque were presented to his father. |