Smith, James (aka Jock Bradley)

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Smith, James (aka Jock Bradley) Service Number 2217

Died of illness 29th October 1915 No. 1 General Hospital Heliopolis

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NAME SMITH-James aka BRADLEY Jock

SERVICE NO 2217

UNIT 1st Battalion/(joined from 6

th Reinfts 6/8/15) “D” Company

RANK Sergeant

AGE at Enlistment 29 yrs 6 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH Antrim, Ireland

OCCUPATION Laborer

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 19 Apr 1915

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT Liverpool, NSW

NEXT OF KIN Friend;- Miss Lena Hanlon;- 62 Cambridge St., Paddington, NSW/ 23 Gurner St., Paddington/ 65 Cambridge St., Paddington ( By 28 Jul 1920 Miss Hanlon whereabouts unknown).

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION Height;- 5’5½”. Weight;- 150lbs. Chest;- 34-37 “. Complexion;- Dark. Eyes;- Brown. Hair;- Black. Distinctive Marks;- Tattoo right arm, both forearms, scar on Chin, scar right foot.

RELIGION Church of England

EMBARKED 1915 Jun 16- Sydney

DISEMBARKED 1915 Jul 17 - Suez

NOTES Joined Btn as Private-Gallipolli 6/8/15

WOUNDED/ILLNESS 1915-Aug 6-9 Wounded Bomb wound right leg 1915-Aug 13 Disembarked Alexandria per HS “Canada” Admitted No 1 General Hospital Heliopolis 1915-21 Aug- Admitted No 3 Aux Hospital Heliopolis 1915-29-Oct- Telegram No 1 Gen Hosp;- Dangerously ill

DIED 1915-Oct 29- Died of Double Pneumonia 1.45 am No 1 General Hospital Heliopolis

BURIED 1915-Oct 30 at Cairo- British Cemetery Rev S A Borridge.

MEDALS 1914/15 Star No.589 British War Medal No. 20008. Victory Medal No. 19933- Memorial Plaque No. 300459 & Memorial Scroll 300459 all marked Untraceable

PERSONAL EFFECTS Braces, Whistle, Belt, Pipe, Bars in Brown paper parcel./

1918-Feb 7th per Marathon to L Hanlon;- scarf. Knitted square, pair

of brushes in Case, 2 brushes, cards, purse, key, piece of comb. Commonwealth Bank Book no 29396 Sydney. Returned unclaimed-forwarded to Public Trustee/

CORRESPONDENCE 1915-Aug 13;-letter from Lieut E T Begley 15th LH Mansfield, Victo-

ria-requesting info for mother of J Smith-proved to be another J Smith/ 1915-Nov 16-Miss Lena Hanlon requesting conformation of death & whereabouts of South African ribbons & pocket book. 1916-Jan- Miss L Hanlon- re change of address. 1918-1920's letters to & from the Public Trustee trying to locate Next of Kin- to no avail-

REMARKS The true identity of the man known in Terrigal in 1915 as Jock Brad-ley is not clear. At the time of enlistment he worked for a J. Smith, fisherman of Terrigal and Jock is reported to have joined under the name J. Smith. A circumstantial case exists for Sergeant James Smith SERN 2217, who died of pneumonia in Egypt on 29-Oct-1915 being the man in question. The reasons why this man from Terrigal enlisted under a false name may never be known.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1783348






















































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