Frank Stanley SMAILL

Regimental number10/694
Date of birth20 October 1893
Place of birthBelfast
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationEngineer
Addressc/o T Borthwick & Sons, Waitara
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20.10
Height5' 4.5"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinFather, J Smaill, 15 Young Street, St Kilda, Dunedin
Previous military service'C' Company, 11th (Taranaki RIfles) Regiment, Port Chalmers Naval
Enlistment date17 August 1914
Place of enlistmentNew Plymouth
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 23 September 1915
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Wellington, 16 October 1914; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 3 December 1914.

Admitted to No.2 Casualty Clearing Station, 7 May 1915 (gunshot wound, left hip); transferred to Hospital Ship, 8 May 1915.

With Machine Gun Detachment, 23 May 1915.

Admitted to HS 'Grantully Castle', 10 June 1915 (influenza); transferred to No.15 Stationary Hospital, Mudros, 11 June 1915; to Egyptian Military Hospital, Cairo, 4 July 1915 (diarrhoea); to No.1 Stationary Hospital, Port Said, 16 July 1915; discharged, 2 August 1915.

Commenced return to New Zealand on board HS 'Tofua', 23 September 1915; disembarked New Zealand, 26 October 1915; discharged, 14 March 1916.

Total war service: 1 year 210 days (of which 1 year 10 days).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death7 December 1964, Nelson
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 7818064