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Full Name: Private John Smith
Rank Last Held: Private
Forename(s): John
Surname: Smith
War: World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.: 8/4222
Gender: Male
First Known Rank: Private
Occupation before Enlistment: Coach-driver
Next of Kin: John Ironside (brother-in-law), Pembroke, Otago, New Zealand
Body on Embarkation: New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Embarkation Unit: 11th Reinforcements Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company
Embarkation Date: 1 April 1916
Place of Embarkation: Wellington, New Zealand
Transport:
Vessel: Maunganui or Tahiti
Destination: Suez, Egypt
Nominal Roll Number: 28
Page on Nominal Roll: 15
Last Unit Served: Otago Infantry Regiment
Place of Death: Belgium
Date of Death: 11 June 1917
Year of Death: 1917
Cause of Death: Died of wounds
Further References: Military personnel file listed at Archives New Zealand. Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option.
Sources Used: Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1917
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