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Private Harold Smith |
Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: Harold Hubert Kennedy Smith
Ancestor's date of birth: 21/10/1879
Ancestor's date of death: 07/02/1937
Cause of Death: heart attack.
Service and Life Before the Boer War: Stockman
Service Number: 270
Colony or State of enlistment: QLD, Place of Enlistment: Brisbane
Unit: 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Rank attained in Boer War: PTE, Date Effective: 1901
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No evidence of post Boer War service.
Murray Page: 499
Contingent: Fifth Queensland
Ship: Templemore, Date of Sailing: 06/03/1901
Memorial details: Detail not provided.
Awards/Decorations/Commendations: Queen's South Africa Medal with Transvaal, Orange Free State, SA 1901 and SA 1902 clasps.
Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided.
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided.
Details of service in war: April 1901 - March 1902 in east Transvaal, Free State including defeat at Mokari Drift (27 September 1901), and Natal border campaign including stand at Onverwacht (4 January 1902) where 13 died and 17 wounded.
Service and life after the Boer War: Bookeeper, accountant.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Bruce William Peden, Yungaburra QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: grandsonName of Descendant: Ian Douglas Peden, Atherton QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: grandson
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