Herbert Douglas Smith

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

1000934

Unit at enlistment:

226th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

January 30th, 1918

Cemetery:

Orpington (All Saints) Churchyard Extension - Kent, England, United Kingdom - A.13.

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Brant

Birth city:

Brantford, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

Carberry, Manitoba

Next of kin address:

Wawanesa, Manitoba

Trade or calling:

Clerk

Religious denominations:

Methodist

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

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Circumstances of service: Killed

Cause and Place of Death: Died of Wounds. No 16 Canadian General Hospital, Orpington.

BX February 7, 1918

Herbert Douglas Smith Died at Orpington

Private Herbert Douglas Smith died of wounds on Jan. 31 in the hospital at Orpington, Eng. He joined a western battalion at Brandon, Man., and went overseas to France last spring and was wounded about a month ago. He was well-known in Brantford, he having worked as a clerk in the employ of the late William Grant, and was prominent in athletic sports. He then resided at 108 George Street. He is survived by his wife and little daughter of Wawanesa, Manitoba and a sister, Lillian, of Brandon Man., and a brother, W. R.M. Smith of Sparta.