Arnold Ashton Smith

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First Name:

Arnold

Middle Name:

Ashton

Last Name:

Smith

Mother's Name:

Emily Smith nee Tillbrook

Father's Name:

Ashton Smith

Date Enlisted:

Monday, August 17, 1914

Rank at Enlistment:

Private

Rank at Discharge:

Private

Unit:

2nd Battalion

Company:

Headquarters Signaller

Service:

Infantry

Awards:

1914/1915 Star

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Date of Death:

Tuesday, August 10, 1915

Place of Death:

Lone Pine, Gallipoli

Cause of Death:

Killed in action

Details:

Arnold Smith (Service No 905) was born in Walcha, N.S.W. in 1893. He attended Wollongong Public School and served as a signaler in the Junior and Senior Cadets.

At enlistment Arnold was single, 21 years old, worked as a farmer, and was living at Haberfield in Sydney.

He embarked from Sydney on HMAT A23 Suffolk with H Company, 2nd Battalion, on 18th October 1914. The troops arrived in Egypt in December 1914 and on 13th January 1915 Arnold was transferred to 2nd Battalion Headquarters as a signaller. He arrived on Gallipoli on 25th April and served until 18th May 1915 when he was admitted to hospital sick, but he returned to his duties on 30th May.

Arnold was killed in action at Lone Pine sometime between 7th and 14th August 1915 and is buried in Lone Pine Cemetery: Special Memorial Row C No 134.

Sources:

NAA: B2455, SMITH A A