Edward Francis SMITH

Regimental number9/1970
Place of birthWindsor, Oamaru
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinMother, Mrs E S Smith, Windsor, Oamaru
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Otago Mounted Rifles, D Squadron
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board SS Maunganui on 8 January 1916
Final rankDriver
Final unit13th Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery
FateDied of wounds 9 December 1917
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXVII, Row D, Grave No 15A), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: E.S. and M.A. Smith, College Street, Oamaru
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 12