Smith, Frederick
SURNAME
Smith
NAME
Frederick
PLACE OF BIRTH
Newcastle, NSW
OCCUPATION
Carter
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT
Cairns
DATE OF ENLISTMENT
3/06/2016
NEXT OF KIN
(daugther ) Miss Ivy May Smith, Mossman, Qld
LINK TO DOUGLAS SHIRE
Employed Mossman, Qld, and next of kin lived in Mossman.
REGIMENT 1
47th Battalion AIF
RANK
Corporal
CAMPAIGN 1
Western Front
DATE DISCHARGED
M/U 29/6/19
OTHER INFORMATION
Embarked on Marathon 27 -10-16; British War Medal, Victory Medal
STORY OUTLINE
Corporal Fredrick Smith was born in Newcastle NSW. He was employed and lived in Mossman, Qld.
He enlisted in Cairns. He was recorded as being a widower with a child, daughter Miss Ivy May Smith, of Mossman, as next of kin. There was an enquiry from a woman saying she had been deserted three years ago by her husband and wanted information on Frederick Smith who enlisted in Cairns, no further letters. Corporal F Smith served 15 months in the field then was reported missing in Action 5/04/18.
He was then reported wounded and a P.O.W. in German hands.
He escaped from the prison camp and returned to Allied lines just as the war ended.
He was repatriated to England 25/11/18 and returned to Australia 5/03/19, discharged 29/06/19.
Fred Smith married Mabel Lematy at Mossman, then moved to a property at Hughenden and subsequently to Brunswick Heads, NSW.
SERVICE NO
3030A
