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SMITH, Norman Stanley
(Service number 25/1817)

Aliases	Enlisted as Norman Smith
First Rank	Lance Corporal	Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	01/05/1897	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date	10 December 1915	Age	21 years
Address at Enlistment	Dyerville, Martinborough
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience	(N.Z. Territorials)
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	G. SMITH (father), Sophia Street, Timaru
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 7 inches. Weight 154 lbs. Chest measurement 33-35½ inches.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	2nd Reinforcements, 3rd Battalion, G Company
Date	1 April 1916
Transport	Tahiti or Maunganui
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	New Zealand Rifle Brigade

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western European
Service Medals	British War Medal; Victory Medal
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	16 April 1918	Reason	No longer Physically fit for war service (fractured tibia).

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	29 August 1966	Age	69 years
Place of Death	Christchurch
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 1 September 1966
Memorial or Cemetery	Crematorium, Linwood Avenue, Christchurch
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Norman Stanley Smith was the second son of George Gilbert and Mary Craig (née Brown) Smith.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [01 August 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives ref. AABK 18805 W5553 0106870) [09 August 2016]; Timaru Herald, 1 September 1966 (Timaru District Library) [02 August 2016]

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