Oscar Charles SMITH

Regimental number8/3045
AddressIda Valley School, Ida Valley, Central Otago
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, C R Smith, Glenledi, Milton, Otago
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 10 October 1915
The 7th Reinforcements left New Zealand on 10 October 1915 aboard three ships ('Aparima', 'Navua' and 'Warrimoo'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Regimental number from Nominal Roll8/3075
Final rank2nd Lieutenant
Final unitNew Zealand Machine Gun Corps
FateKilled in Action 26 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialVaulx Hill Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No 5), nr Bapaume, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles Robert and Mary Ann Smith, Sterling, Otago
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Seventh

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