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Jethro Smith

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Gravestone, Featherston Cemetery (photo kindly provided by Adele Pentony Graham) - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Jethro AWMM
  • Surname
    Smith AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Jethro Smith AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI 90595 AWMM
    • WWI N/N AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Methodist, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    18 July 1894 AWMM Woodville, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 19 October 1917 AWMM Woodville, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Sarah Smith (mother), Normanby Street, Woodville, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI 90595 AWMM
    • WWI N/N AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 19 October 1917 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Labourer/Civilian AWMM
    Woodville, New Zealand AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 5.5 inches AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      114 pounds AWMM
    • Classification, Unknown Period AWMM
      C2 1917 AWMM
    • Classification, Unknown Period AWMM
      Fit July 1917 AWMM
    • Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
      Died of influenza AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Private Jethro Smith was the son of Mr James Smith and Mrs Sarah Smith, of Aokautere, Palmerston North.

    Prior to enlistment he was employed a a labourer by Mr R Paterson of Kumeroa, Dannevirke, New Zealand.

    Listed at Archives New Zealand as N/N AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    16 November 1918 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Featherston, Wellington AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Featherston Cemetery, Western Lake Road, Featherston, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM Grave 605 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Featherston Cemetery Memorial, Featherston, New Zealand AWMM

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08 August 2017Edna June (June)Wanganui, New ZealandOther relative

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