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SMITH, George Leslie
(Service number 41033)

Aliases	Born George Leslie James SMITH
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	18/12/1890	Place of Birth	Temuka, Canterbury

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	C/o W. Quirk, Berwick
Occupation	Driver
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	D. G. SMITH (father), Hereford Street, Timaru
Religion	Presbyterian
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	23rd Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company
Date	14 March 1917
Transport	Ruapehu
Embarked From		Destination	Devonport, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Otago Regiment

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	9 March 1961	Age	70 years
Place of Death	Geraldine
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 10 March 1961
Memorial or Cemetery	Geraldine Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 504, Plot 6
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

George Leslie Smith was the second son of David Gordon and Elizabeth (née Velvin) Smith.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [26 May 2017]; NZBDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [26 May 2017]; Geraldine Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [26 May 2017]

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