SMITH, Bernard Arthur
(Service number 10/3741)
| First Rank | Lance Sergeant | Last Rank | Segeant |
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Birth
| Date | Unknown | Place of Birth |
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Enlistment Information
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| Address at Enlistment | |||
| Occupation | Railway Porter | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs JB Smith (mother) Barnett Street, Ashburton | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | NZ Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 9th Reinforcements, Wellington Infrantry Battalion, B Company | ||
| Date | 8 January 1916 | ||
| Transport | HMNZT 37 Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 11 December 1917 | Age | 31 |
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| Place of Death | Ypres, Belgium | ||
| Cause | Killed in action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Polygon WOod Cemetery, onnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Winchester War Memorial; Temuka War Memorial | ||
Biographical Notes
Son of George A Smith WInchester Timaru. Protrait in Weekly News Sergeant Bernard Arthur Smith, killed in action on December 11, was the eldest son of Mrs Peez, Ashburton. He was born at Winchester,, and was educated at the Winchester and. Temuka School. Sergeant Smith was in the Navy for nine years, but prior to enlistment was employed on the railways. When war broke out he reinlisted, and was sent to Samoa, where he remained for eight months being invalided home. On his recovering he joined the Ninth Reinforcements, and was for some time in Egypt. He was then sent to Sling Camp remaining there for 15 months on the training staff. He left for France early in September last. His brother George was killed in action on September 15 1916 on the Somme.
Sources
War Record open in Archways for further information
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