Private William Smith

Ancestor Details

Ancestor's Name: William Arthur Smith

Ancestor's date of birth: Detail not provided

Ancestor's date of death: Detail not provided

Cause of Death: Detail not provided

Service Number: 316

Colony or State of enlistment: TAS Place of Enlistment: Ross

Unit: 2^nd Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen

Rank attained in Boer War: PTE, Date Effective: Detail not available

Highest Rank attained (if served after war): Detail not provided

Murray Page: 567

Contingent: 4^th Tasmanian

Ship: Chicago, Date of Sailing: 27/05/1901

Memorial details: Buried Ross Tasmania

Decorations: King's South Africa Medal with 1901 and 1902 clasps.

Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided

Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided

Details of service in war: May 1901 - May 1902 in Cape Colony.

Service and life after the Boer War: Also served in second world war. I have medals to verify this. He has a sole serviving niece who will turn 90 next year. Her name is Joyce Leedham and she lives in Campbell Town Tasmania.

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: Helen Marjorie Haines, Flinders Island TAS
Relationship to Ancestor: great niece

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