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George Henry Smith

1880-1938

Unit

Main Body

Section

Section No.3

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1471

About

Born in England

14 October 1880
Parent

Father

George Henry Smith
Residence

Hometown

Petone
Work

Occupation

Miner

Employer

Petone Borough Council
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

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British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 57

1 October 1938

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5553 40/0106426, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 4.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “George Henry Smith (1880-1938)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/782

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