Henry Wilson Smith

Forenames

Henry Wilson AWMM

Surname

Smith AWMM

Also known as

• Tas AWMM
• Tassy AWMM
• Tas, Tassie
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Service number

WWI 11/378 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

9 Apr 1886 AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW1 Care of W. McKenzie, Masterton, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Mrs L.E. Smith (mother), 174 The Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 11/378 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 11 Aug 1914 AWMM
Age  28 AWMM
Horse Breaker/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 6 AWMM Vessel was Orari AWMM Lance Corporal/Military AWMM Wellington Mounted Rifles AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Had thrown back one Turkish bomb then reached for a second which exploded AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Sergeant AWMM
Wellington Mounted Rifles AWMM

Son of Mrs. Louisa Emily Smith, of 38, Cornwall St., Masterton, Wellington, and the late Frederick Charles Smith. Native of Featherston, Wellington. AWMM

Death

30 May 1915 AWMM
Age  29 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Pine Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7818872
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/720497/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/720497
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 674
• Stowers, R. (2005). Bloody Gallipoli: the New Zealanders' story. Auckland, N.Z.: David Bateman.
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 3: Includes portrait
• HMNZT 6. Orari tatler : a souvenir of the voyage of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force from Wellington to Alexandria, Oct. 16th-Dec. 3rd, 1914. (1915). [Cairo, Egypt]: Whitehead, Morris and Co. (Egypt) Ltd.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.