Thomas Alexander Miller Smith

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

164342

Unit at enlistment:

84th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Wounded:

Yes

Date of death:

September 2nd, 1918

Cemetery:

Upton Wood Cemetery - Pas de Calais, France - A.5.

Commemorated at:

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Steel Company of Canada

Birth country:

Scotland

Birth county:

Ayrshire

Birth city:

Girvan

Address at enlistment:

22 Burton Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

22 Burton Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Labourer

Employer:

Cockshutt Plow Co.

Religious denominations:

Presbyterian

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

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Letters and documents

Circumstances of service: Killed

Nature and Place of Casualty: Killed in Action

BX October 11, 1918

Mrs. Fred G. Simmons, 42 Curtis Street, has just received a letter stating that her brother-in-law, Pte. Thomas Alexander Miller Smith, No. 16432 Canadian Machine Gun Section, has been killed in action in France. He enlisted in the 84th Battalion here and was employed by Ham and Nott before he joined up. He was wounded at Vimy Ridge and received a “Blighty.” After he recovered he joined up with the machine gunners. He served for over two years in the firing line. He leaves his wife and little boy two years old in Scotland. He had only seen his little boy once. His wife is trying to get home to Brantford. He was a well known member of the Foresters here.