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Service Number 371. Killed in Action 7th October 1917. Anzac Ridge, Passchendaele, Belgium.
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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, Richard William Service Number 371
Killed in Action 7th October 1917 Anzac Ridge, Passchendaele, Belgium
Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of
Benalyn Campbell
And Vivienne Tranter
in compiling this resource
The information in this file has been extracted from official records
held in the
The Australian War Memorial and
National Archives of Australia
(© Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013)
Further information on this soldier may be found online at:
Commonwealth War Graves
The AIF project
Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children
using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context
provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1st AIF.
This resource is presented by Gosford City Council
for research purposes only. Please note that copyright for resources
contained within remains with the original copyright owners.
NAME Smith, Richard William
SERVICE NO 371
UNIT 3rd
Battalion
RANK Company QM Sergeant (1 Oct 1916)
AGE at Enlistment 19 yrs 2 mths
PLACE OF BIRTH Bega, NSW
ADDRESS PO Tumbi Umbi, via Gosford, NSW
OCCUPATION Clerk
DATE OF ENLISTMENT 17 Aug 1914
PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT
Sydney, NSW
PREVIOUS SERVICE 14 mths 24th Infty, 3 yrs Senior Cadets
NEXT OF KIN Father;- John Robert Smith, Tumbi Umbi, NSW/ Warunda Station via Morven Qld/6 Short St., Darlinghurst, NSW/
PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION
Height-5’10”.Weight-11stn.2lbs. Chest-35”. Complexion-Fair. Eyes-Blue. Hair-Fair. Scar shape of 7 on R/shin below knee
RELIGION C/E
EMBARKED
DISEMBARKED
NOTES Father-Cpl J R Smith, Military Hospital Milson Island, (7 Aug 1918)
WOUNDED/ILLNESS
DIED 7 Oct 1917-by shell explosion @ Anzac Ridge Passchendaele, Belgium (while giving out rations)
BURIED Buried where he died
MEDALS 1914-15 Star-12879?, British War Medal-3129?, Victory Medal-3109. Memo-rial Plaque & Scroll-334487.
DEPENDANTS
PERSONAL EFFECTS New testament, disc, belt with badges, brush, ink pot, fountain pen (damaged), curios, handle, pr of gloves, 2 writing wallets, post cards, letters/
WILL Beneficiary;- Father
CORRESPONDENCE Father, 183 Barcom Ave., Darlinghurst. Mrs M A Goode, “Kia Ora” Bridge St., Lithgow/
REMARKS
RED CROSS REPORT “Smith was loved by everyone-the finest fellow in Australia & it cast a cloud over us all we were all so fond of him”/ He was known as Billy/
Sydney Morning Herald 7
th October 1918 pg. 4
SMITH – In loving memory of my dear brother and our nephew, Q.M.-Sergt, Richard W. Smith (Anzac), 3rd
Batt., killed in action, Polygon Wood, October 7, 1917, aged 22 years. The best that God could send- A loving brother and a faithful friend. Inserted by his loving sister, Tillie, and aunties, Alice and Midge. SMITH – In loving memory of my dear pal and cousin, Q.M.-Sergt. Richard W. Smith (Anzac), 3
rd Batt, killed in action, Polygon Wood, October 7, 1917. Aged 22 years.
Greater love hath no man than this, That he laid down his life for his friends. Inserted by his loving pal and cousin, Arthur and Nell Carnck?, Roslyndale avenue, Woollahra.
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1787848
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1787848
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1787848
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1787848
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1787848
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1787848
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1787848
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1787848
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1787848
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1787848
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1787848
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1787848
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1787848
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1787848
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1787848
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1787848
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1787848
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1787848
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1787848
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1787848
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1787848
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1787848
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1787848