Charles Mathew SMITH

Regimental number12/4090
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinWife, Mrs W V Smith, Wolseley Street, Morningside, Auckland
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 10th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 4 March 1916
The Infantry component of the 10th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships ('Willochra' and 'Tofua'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked. The Nominal Roll gives 5 March 1916 as the date of embarkation; harbour records indicate 5 March 1916 as the actual date of departure.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 3 July 1916
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No 26), Armentieres, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Wife: Mrs W.V. Smith, Wolsley Street, Morningside, Auckland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 26, p. 7