Arthur King SMITH

Regimental number43062
Date of birth31 January 1882
Place of birthLyttelton
ReligionWesleyan
OccupationClerk
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation34.7
Height5' 10.5"
Weight168 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Smith, Canterbury Street, Lyttelton
Previous military serviceServed in the Coast Defence Band; Ellesmere Mounted Rifles; New Zealand Garrison Artillery. Previously rejected for enlistment on account of eyesight.
Rank on embarkationBS-Major
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 28th Reinforcements (First Draft), New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 89 Waitemata on 14 July 1917
Final rankCorporal
Final unitNew Zealand Field Artillery
FateCommenced return to New Zealand
Discharge date30 April 1919
Other details

Commenced return to New Zealand on board SS 'Zealandic', 18 January 1919; discharged (no longer physically fit for war service on account of wounds received in action: gas poisoning), 30 April 1919.

War service: 2 years 111 days (of which 1 year 231 days was abroad)

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death10 September 1927
Age at death45
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 69, p. 14

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