Robert Benedict Smith
I whānau mai i te 15 Apr 1909 - I mate atu i te 13 Jan 1993
- Nama Hōia
- WWII 34852 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
- Robert Benedict Seymour Smith AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
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- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- Robert Benedict AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Smith AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
- Robert Benedict Seymour Smith AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- WWII 34852 AWMM
- Ira tangata
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Pono
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Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 15 Apr 1909 AWMM
- Rā i whānau mai ai
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- Wāhi Whānau
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- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
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- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
- WW2 Pre 1940-1941 AWMM 6 Hanene St., St. Heliers Bay, Auckland AWMM
- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Smith_(rower)Public - Siobhan O'Donovan - Other relative - 22 February 2026 - Wikipedia
- Uri kiritahi
- WW2 Mrs. A.M. Smith, 6 Hanene St., St. Heliers Bay, Auckland (mother) AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
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Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- WWII 34852 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
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- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
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Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
- Military Medal (MM) AWMM
28 Jan 1943 AWMM
The National Archives. Recommendation for Award for Smith, Robert Benedict. (Ref. WO 373/23/434). Military Medal. Citation: "During the attack some few miles West of Tel El Eisa while in charge of a mine clearing party on the night 1st or 2nd November 1942, Sgt Smith displaued conspicicuous leadershup and initiative in the face of severe enemy fire. Almost from the start line to the final objective his section remained under heavy shelling and machine gun fire, but heled his men on and continued to organise and direct the work of mine clearing. He himself went forward and made hazardous reconnaissances, marked mined areas, lifted mines and dismantled booby-traps. He inspired confidence in his whole section and despite the difficult and dangerous conditions his cool example and calm courage played a large part in the expeditious forcing of a gap through the enemy minefields in good time for the passage of the armour." Gallant Acts and Noble Deeds, p. 284. AWMM - War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
- New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM
- Military Medal (MM) AWMM
Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
- WW2 Engineer/Military AWMM
- Pakeke i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka
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Te maha o ngā ekenga waka
- Taipitopito ekenga waka
- WW2 Sergeant AWMM New Zealand Engineers, 8 Field Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
Mauhere o te pakanga
- Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito
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- Ngā rā i mauherehia ai
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- Rā i puta ai
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- Ngā kōrero mō te puta i te mauhere pakanga
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- Te rā i whakahokia atu ngā hōia i mauherehia ai
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- Nama motuhake mō te mauhere pakanga
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Whakapapa hauora
- Tuhinga hauora
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Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
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- Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- 'Eighteenth Army Troops Company was flat out recommissioning the water pipelines and had two water barges transferring water from ship to shore at Matruh.
A 90-strong detail of 19 Army Troops Company was on the way to Benghazi; a 100-strong detachment of 21 Mechanical Equipment Company had arrived at Tobruk on the 24th.
Sixteenth and 17th Railway Operating Companies, with the help of an Indian and an RE operating company, were again working the 400 miles of track between Alexandria and Tobruk, where the enemy had obligingly added a few more miles of line into the port. Other rank decorations not previously mentioned were: Sapper F. Fenton, DCM, Lance Sergeant T. J. Higginson, MM, and Sergeant R. B. Smith, MM.
' (Source: Cody, J.F. New Zealand Engineers, Middle East. pp. 374.)
Bob Smith as he was known also recieved two Bronze Medals in the 1938 British Empire Games, for rowing. One in the men's double sculls alongside Gus Jackson; and one in the men's single sculls. AWMM
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 13 Jan 1993 AWMM
- Rā i mate ai
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- Pakeke i te matenga
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- Wāhi Mate
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- Te momo matenga
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- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
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- Ingoa o te urupā
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- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
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- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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- Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- 'The KING has been graciously pleased to approve the following awards in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East.' (London Gazette, 28 January 1943, p.526.). Military Medal.
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35879/supplements/526
Further Reference - The National Archives. Recommendation for Award for Smith, Robert Benedict. (Ref. WO 373/23/434). Military Medal.
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D7360642
Further Reference
- 'The KING has been graciously pleased to approve the following awards in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East.' (London Gazette, 28 January 1943, p.526.). Military Medal.
- Ngā tuhinga
- Cody, J.F. (1961). New Zealand Engineers, Middle East. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
pp.374, 511. - Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
p.442 - Beattie, P.J. and Pomeroy, M.J. (2016). Gallant Acts and Noble Deeds: New Zealand army honours and awards for the Second World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Fair Dinkum Publications.; P.J. Beattie and M.J. Pomeroy, 2016.
- Cody, J.F. (1961). New Zealand Engineers, Middle East. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
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