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SMITH, Oswald James
(Service number 45260)

Aliases
First Rank	Sergeant	Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	28 May 1896	Place of Birth	Melburn,Otago

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Student
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	James Smith (father), tghe School, Wylie's Crossing, Otago
Religion	Presb
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	Reinforcements J Company
Date	26 July 1917
Transport	HMNZT 90 Ulimaroa
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Plymouth, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	NZ Rifle Brigade

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	6 December 1917	Age	21
Place of Death	Belgium
Cause	Died of wounds
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Memorial Reference	XXVII.D.5
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru

Biographical Notes

Oswald was son of James and Elizabeth Fisher Smith, Netherby, Abbotsford, Dunedin. Brother Second Lt Alexander Laing Smith 24412, died 12 Oct 1917. Ypres (Not on Timaru War Memorial)

Sources

War record open in Archives

External Links

Researched and Written by

Liz Shea (SC branch NZSG)

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