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SMITH, Henry Richard
(Service number 7/123)

Trooper H R Smith — From" "South Canterbury Roll of Honour", published 1916 by the South Canterbury Caledonian Society. (South Canterbury Museum 17/15)

St Mary's Church, Timaru, memorial plaque, circa 2010 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.31)

Albury War Memorial, 2015 — (Courtesy of J Sutherland )

Albury War Memorial, 2015 additions to south face — (Courtesy of J Sutherland )

Mackenzie War Memorial (Fairlie) - 2016 additional 1914-1918 names.jpg — (Courtesy of C Clement )

Aliases
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank	Trooper

Birth

Date	3 September 1891	Place of Birth	Pleasant Point

Enlistment Information

Date		Age	22
Address at Enlistment	Fairlie
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Richard Smith 25 Avenue Road, Timaru
Religion	CoE
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Date	16 October 1914
Transport	HMNZT 4,11 Tahiti or Athenic
Embarked From	Lyttelton,	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

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	22 August 1915	Age	24
Place of Death	Gallipoli, Turkey
Cause	Killed in action
Notices	16 September 1915
Memorial or Cemetery	Hill 60(NZ) Memorial, Hill 60, Cemetery, Turkey
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Albury War Memorial; Mackenzie War Memorial, Fairlie, 2016 additions; Memorial plaque, St Mary's Church, Timaru

Biographical Notes

Son of Richard and Eliza Jane Smith, 50 Raymond St, Timaru TROOPER H.R. SMITH. Mr Richard Smith, of Timaru, has received official advice of the death of his son, Trooper Henry Richard Smith Canterbury Mounted Rifles, who was killed in action on August 22nd Trooper Smith was 21 years of age, and was educated at the Alburv school, his father being then a farmer.

Sources

War Record open in Archways

External Links

Researched and Written by

Liz Shea (SC branch NZSG)

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