George Joseph Enzie SMITH

Regimental number12274
OccupationFarm labourer
Next of kinFather, G B Smith, Temuka
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Reinforcements to 3rd Battalion, G Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 6 May 1916
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unitNew Zealand Reinforcements
FateDied of disease 4 June 1916
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialColombo (Kanatte) General Cemetery (RC Plot I, Row I, Grave No 3), Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Mary Smith, 45 Ormsby Street, Temuka, South Canterbury
Other details

War service: died of disease en route to Egypt

Medal: British War Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 31, p. 19