William Hope SMITH

Regimental number11/822
AddressWanstead, Hawke's Bay
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinSister, Miss G A Smith, Waipukurau
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Members of the Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment in the Main Body left New Zealand on board three ships ('Arawa', 'Orari', and 'Tahiti'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankGNR
Final unitNew Zealand Field Artillery
FateDied of disease 25 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot LXVII, Row L, Grave No 27), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Georgina Annie and the late Hon. William Cowper Smith, Waipukurau
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Mounted Rifles/Main Body