Smith, George Henry

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SURNAME

Smith

NAME

George Henry

PLACE OF BIRTH

Townsville

OCCUPATION

Labourer

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

Cairns

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

28/10/16

NEXT OF KIN

John Smith (father) Macknade, via Townsville, Qld

LINK TO DOUGLAS SHIRE

Address at enlistment

REGIMENT 1

2nd Light Horse

REGIMENT 2

Other Battalions

RANK

Private

CAMPAIGN 1

Western Front

DATE DISCHARGED

13/08/1919

OTHER INFORMATION

British War Medal, Victory Medal.

Died 15-03-71, aged 81 (buried Mossman Cemetery).

STORY OUTLINE

George Smith, from Macknade (near Ingham) family, enlisted at Cairns in October 1916 at age 27.

His address, when enlisted, was within Douglas Shire.

He embarked from Sydney in January 1917, disembarked in England in April and was off to war in France in September 1917, Although initially placed in the 2nd Light Horse, he was soon shifted to 52nd Battalion and for most of his war effort, the 16th Battalion.

He was hospitalised back to England in November, then returned to France in February 1918.

After the war he departed England for Australia in the Port Napier 12-05-19 and was discharged on 13 August 1919.

SERVICE NO

3481

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