Walter Leslie Smith

Forenames

Walter Leslie AWMM

Surname

Smith AWMM

Service number

WWI 66037 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Next of kin

Arthur Smith (father), 19 King Street, Newmarket, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 66037 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Blacksmith's striker/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 31 Dec 1917-25 Feb 1918 AWMM
HMNZT 99 AWMM Vessel was Athenic AWMM Private AWMM 33rd Reinforcements, E Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Next of Kin: c/o Mr D. F. Mainland, Newmarket, Auck (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

12 Sept 1918 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Newmarket War Memorial, Olympic Park, Newmarket, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Railways Roll of Honour board. Wellington Railway Station, Pipitea, Wellington 6011. AWMM
• The Borough of Newmarket War Memorial, Auckland Council Archives AWMM
• Otahuhu Railway Workshops War Memorial, corner of Piki Thompson Way, Otahuhu Auckland 1062 AWMM
• St Mary's Cathedral Church. Parnell, Auckland 1052 AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7819442
  Further Reference
• 'Railway workers' obituaries', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/nz-railways-ww1/obituaries, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 22-Dec-2015
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/nz-railways-ww1/obituaries
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/248751/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/248751
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  76: 18
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• HMNZT 99 - Te huia : the magazine of the 33rd Reinforcement. Printed and published by the Argus Printing Company for the Executive Committee of "Te Huia," 33rd Reinforcements, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1918.