Robert Edward Smith

Forenames

Robert Edward AWMM

Surname

Smith AWMM

Service number

418 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM 28 Stafford Street, Timaru, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Mary Smith (mother), 28 Stafford Street, Timaru, New Zealand AWMM

War

South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

418 AWMM

Enlistment

• South Africa Unknown AWMM Farrier/Military AWMM
• South Africa 20 Jan 1900 AWMM Farrier/Military AWMM

Embarkation details

South Africa Vessel was Waiwera AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Farrier Sergeant/Military AWMM
New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 2nd Contingent AWMM

Father was named John Hancock Smith. AWMM

Death

2 Dec 1900 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Bronkhorstspruit Cemetery AWMM

Memorial name

• Ranfurly Veterans' Home, 539 Mount Albert Road, Three Kings, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Memorial plaque, 2nd New Zealand Contingent, Boer War 1900, Ranfurly Veterans' Home, Auckland AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, South African War Memorial 1899 - 1902 AWMM

Related objects

External links

• New Zealand History online. New Zealand in the South (Boer) War
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/south-african-boer-war/introduction
  Further Reference
• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20523448
  Further Reference

References

• Stowers, R. (2002). Rough Riders at War: history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer war 1899-1902 and information on all members of the ten New Zealand contingents. Author: Hamilton, N.Z.
• Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand.
  Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. 1900. H.6. Nominal Roll
• Stowers, R. (1992). Kiwi versus Boer : the First New Zealand Mounted Rifles in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers.