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SMITH, Albert Henry
(Service number 19063)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	9 February 1905	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Miner
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	E Smith (brother) Geraldine, Sth Canty
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	NZ Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	6th Reinforcements, 4th Battalion, H Company
Date	29 July 1916
Transport	HMNZT 59 60, Waitemata or Ulimaroa
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	devonport, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	NZ Rifle Brigade, 3rd Battalion, 3rd

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	7 June 1917	Age	50
Place of Death	Belgium
Cause	Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Mesen, West Vlaanderen
Memorial Reference	Sepc Memorial C. 15
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Geraldine War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Son of late Edward and Mary Smith. in NZ At the Front (Magazine written and published and illustrated in France by men of the NZ Division 1917 issue, page 141

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Researched and Written by

Liz Shea (SC branch NZSG)

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