John Hardy SMITH

Regimental number71413
OccupationDriver
Next of kinMother, Mrs J J Smith, Welby, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 36th Reinforcements, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Willochra on 23 April 1918
Final rankRifleman
Final unit3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 10 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialBeaulencourt British Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No 23), Ligny-Thilloy,nr Bapaume, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mrs H. Holmes (formerly Smith), 49 Sidney Road, Brixton, London, England, and the late F. Smith
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Rolls Vol. 4: Roll 81, p. 11

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