Oswald James SMITH

Regimental number45260
OccupationStudent
Next of kinFather, James Smith, The School, Wylie's Crossing, Otago
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements (Second Draft), J Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 90 Ulimaroa on 26 July 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 6 December 1917
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXVII, Row D, Grave No 5), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Elizabeth Fisher Smith, Netherby, Abbotsford, Dunedin
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 69, p. 35

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