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SCHMITH, Charles Henry
(Service number 63268)

Aliases
First Rank Private Last Rank Private

Birth

Date 12 November 1881 Place of Birth NZ

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin F. R. SCHMITH (brother), Waimate Cold Storage, Waimate
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 32nd Reinforcements, E Company
Date 21 November 1917
Transport Maunganui 
Embarked From Destination Liverpool, Merseyside, England
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

Labourer

Death

Date 9 October 1972 Age 90 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Waimate Lawn Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Charles Henry Schmith was the son of Frank and Louisa Bella (née Smith) Schmith. His father died in 1887 and is buried at Waimate. Charles was drawn in the 17th ballot in 1917. He returned to New Zealand on the Chupra's draft in July 1919.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [13 May 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [13 May 2019]; Waimate Daily Advertiser, 9 May 1917, Otago Daily Times, 4 July 1919 (Papers Past) [29 April 2018; 15 May 2019]; Waikumete Cemetery record [14 May 2019]

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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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