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Joseph Copley Smith

1890-1960

Unit

4th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37568

About

Born in New Zealand

21 October 1890
Parents

Mother

Susan Elizabeth Smith

Father

Joseph George Smith
Residence

Hometown

Wellington
Work

Occupation

Miner

Employer

Wellington Harbour Board
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 69

26 May 1960

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 43/0106786, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.55, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 40.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “Joseph Copley Smith (1890-1960)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/788

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