Sydney Clifton Pawhate SMITH

Regimental number10/1164
Date of birth27 January 1894
Place of birthBelfast, Canterbury
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFellmonger
Address74 Worksop Road, Masterton
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20.9
Height5' 7"
Weight136 lbs
Next of kinFather, Lewis Smith, Worksop Road, Masterton
Previous military service17th Ruahine Regiment
Enlistment date13 October 1914
Place of enlistmentWellington
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateDied of disease 10 April 1916
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialCairo War Memorial Cemetery (Row F, Grave No 28), Egypt
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		Parents: Matthew and Helena C. Smith, Auckland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Wellington, 16 October 1914; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 3 December 1914.

Embarked Alexandria with unit to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 12 April 1915.

Admitted to NZ Field Ambulance, Dardanelles, 16 May 1915 (splinter, left arm); admitted to Fleet Sweeper 'Claxton', 21 May 1915, and transferred to HS 'Franconia' the same day; rejoined unit, Anzac Cove, 3 June 1915.

Admitted to Fleet Sweeper 'Claxton', 1 July 1915, and transferred to HS 'Seeang Bee' the same day (gastro-enteritis); to Military Hospital, Valletta, Malta, 9 July 1915; embarked for England, 26 July 1915; to Hampstead Military Hospital, Hampstead, 2 August 1915; to Convalescent Hospital, Epsom, 13 August 1915; discharged to furlough, 23 September 1915; marched into Base Depot, Weymouth, 15 October 1915.

Marched into NZ Base Depot, Grey Towers, 11 January 1916.

Found guilty, Grey Towers, 18 January 1916, of being absent from parade, 2130 hours: awarded 1 day confined to barracks.

Found guilty, Grey Towers, 19 February 1916, of being absent from Tattoo Roll Call: awarded 4 days' confined to barracks.

Found guilty, Grey Towers, 22 February 1916, of being absent from 2200 hours until midnight: awarded 4 days' confined to barracks.

Rejoined Wellington Battalion, Ismailia, Egypt, 1 March 1916.

Admitted to No.1 NZ Stationary Hospital, no date stated (bacillary dysentery); reported dangerously ill, 2 April 1916; pronounced out of danger, 5 April 1916; to NZ General Hospital, Cairo, 6 April 1916; reported dangerously ill, 7 April 1916.

Died, NZ General Hospital, 10 April 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 7819348