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Smith Q R    2nd Lt

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Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

 

2nd Lt Quintin Robert Smith, 14th Battn, circa 1914. Australian War

Memorial Collection http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/H05535

 

Smith Q R     2nd Lt        Quintin Robert               14 Inf Bn    23    Clerk    Single    Pres       

Address:    Essendon, Shaftesbury St, 19   

Next of Kin:    Smith, A R, father, 19 Shaftesbury St, Essendon   

Enlisted:    2 Oct 1914       

Embarked:     A46 Clan MacGillivray 2 Feb 1915   

 

Relatives on Active Service:

Smith A Discharged brother

Smith, Charles Grant, brother

 

Date of death: 03/05/1915

LONE PINE MEMORIAL

 

 

Lieutenant Quintin Robert Smith,

 

reported to have died of wounds in the Dardanelles, was 23 years of age, and the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Smith, of Bulla road, Essendon, and late of 19 Shaftesbury street, Essendon. He was a Hawthorn collegian, and began his military career as a Cadet there. Afterwards he was lieutenant of senior cadets in the Camberwell district. He was a prominent member of the Boroondarra Rifle Club, and a winner of the V.R.A. medal and other trophies. Later he held a position in Outtrim (V.), and was a member of the Masonic Lodge, the progress association and debating society, and also president of the A.N.A in that town. He went from there to Broadmeadows as a private, and obtained his lieutenancy shortly afterwards.

 

He was connected with the local military forces for several years, and at the time of his enlistment for service abroad he was an active member of the Bendigo Lawn Tennis Club. 

 

CAREERS OF THE FALLEN. (1915, May 17). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 10. Retrieved February 14, 2015, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154953175

 

Red Cross Society Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau Files, 1914-18 War.

http://www.awm.gov.au/cms_images/1DRL428/00033/1DRL428-00033-2560508.pdf

 

SMITH  Lt Q Robert  14 AIF

D of Wounds 8.5.15 Details

 

  • 2/Lt Q Smith joined this battalion with the 2nd reinforcements on 1.5.15.  He was wounded on 4.5.15 on Courtney's Post by a "Shrapnel Burst" and was sent off to a hospital ship.  Nothing was heard of him from that time until we received a report that he had died of wounds in our Part II Orders, but no date was stated.
    Lt Col Chas MM Dare
    V D [Vera Deakin] 23.1.16

 

  • Witness knew Lieut Smith in the 14th Btn.  He was badly wounded in the legs at Courtney's Post early in May.  He received the wound while in his dug out.  Witness was there and saw him carried down the Gully on a stretcher.  Ref:  Pte R Andrews 943, Pioneers, 14 AIF.  Tel el Kebir Camp.
    J L K 17/3/16

 

  • Lieut Smith was wounded at Courtney's Post on or about 1/5/15.  Both his legs were badly damaged, while he was in his dug out.  Witness bandaged him up and took him to the dressing station.  Ref:  Pte A M Code, 1198.  Stretcher-bearers, 14 AIF, Tel el Kebir Camp.
    JLK  17/3/16

 

  • Lt Smith was wounded early in May at Shrapnel Gully.  He was wounded in the legs.  Witness was there and saw him at the time.  Witness thought he looked bad then.  Ref:  Pte D Rawett 1803 or 1603, C  Co, 14 AIF, Tel el Kebir Camp
    J L K  17/3/16

 

  •  Witness states that Lieut Smith was wounded at Courtney's Post early in May.  Both his legs were badly injured.  Witness was there and saw him being attended to.  Ref Pte D Fraser, 1203, Stretcher bearers, 14 AIF, Tel el Kebir Camp.
    J L K 17/3/16

 

  •  Died of gun shot wounds in Right and Left knees on Hospital Ship Gascon, 3/5/15.  Buried at sea between Gallipoli and Alexandria by Lt-Col Hugo.    Cert by 3rd Ech, GHQ, MEF
    Cairo 29/3/16.

 

  • Witness states that he was in a dug out with Lieut Smith on 2/5/15 when he was struck by a shell and badly wounded in the legs.  This was at Courtney's Post.  Witness knows that he was taken away but has not seen him since.  Ref Sgt/Maj Jacka, C CO, 14 AIF, Tel el Kebir Camp
    JLK 17/3/16.

 

  • Sir, We received the inquiry sent on by you for particulars concerning the death and burial of Lieut Q R Smith, 14 Battn, AIF.  We shall make all possible inquiries and forward the information obtained to Alex R Smith Esq as you desired.  Yours truly (Miss)              Secretary.
    Brig Genl J Monash, OC 4th AIB, Moascar Camp, Ismailia.

 

History of the 14th Battalion, AIF, by Newton Wanliss, 1929

 

EARLY DAYS ON THE PENINSULA. 1915—May 1 to May 18.

Lieut. Q. R. Smith,16 of the 2nd reinforcements, was mortally wounded by a shell on May 2 when lying in a dugout beside L.-Cpl. Albert Jacka, who was uninjured.  p 39

 

War Service Commemorated

Essendon Town Hall R-Y

Flemington-Presbyterian-Church

Anzac Honoured Dead 15/03/1917  ???

Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour DOW

History of the 14th Battalion, AIF, by Newton Wanliss, 1929, ROH 

 

In Memoriam

LIEUT. Q. R. SMITH.
Lieutenant Quinton Robert Smith, who died of  
wounds on Saturday, was 23 years   of age.
He was appointed second lieutenant on December
10 last, and was attached to the 14th Battalion
(second reinforcements). He was the son of Mr.
Alexander R. Smith, of 19 Shaftesbury street,
Essendon. 
The Argus 14 May 1915
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1516972

LIEUT. Q. R SMITH
Lieutenant Quinton Robert Smith reported to
have died of wounds at the Dardanelles, was
23 years of age and the eldest son of Mr. and
Mrs. A Smith, of Bulla road Essendon, and
formerly of 19 Shaftesbury street, Essendon.
He was a Hawthorn Collegian, and commenced
his military career as a cadet there. After wards
he was a lieutenant in the Camberwell district.
He was a prominent member of the Boroondara
Rifle Club, a winner   of the V.R.A. medal and
other trophies. For some time he was president
of the A.N.A. in Outtrim. He went to the Broad-    
meadows camp as a private and obtained his
lieutenancy shortly afterwards.
The Argus 15 May 1915
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1517236

SMITH.-In sad and loving memory of our dear 
son and brother, Lieut Quinton Robert Smith,
14th Battalion, 2nd Reinf., A.I.F., who gave his
life for the Empire at Gallipoli, May 3, 1915.
No marble urn adorns our loved one's resting place,
No gilded letters tell his deathless deeds; 
For him is run life's unrecorded race.
Who served his country in his country's needs.
And, who to serve her, gained from God the grace
To give -'twas all he had to give, his life.
-(My dear son Quin, mother.)
The Argus 3 May 1916
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2101613

SMITH - In sad and loving memory of our dear
son and brother, Lieut Quintin Robert Smith, AIF,
who died May 3, 1915, from wounds re-
ceived at Courtney's Post, Gallipoli.
Our dear boy served his country in the strife,
And who to serve her gained from God the grace
To give - 'twas all he had to give - his life.
-(Inserted by his loving mother and father. )
The Argus 3 May 1917
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1614896

SMITH.—In sad and loving memory of Lieut.
Q. R. Smith, 14th Batt., À.I.F., who died on the
3rd May, 1915, from wounds received at Courtney's
Post, Gallipoli, eldest son of A. R. Smith, M.A.,
Technical School, Castlemaine, and Marion
Smith, Bulla road, Essendon; loved brother of Alex.
Archie
, discharged; Charles Grant, on active service;
Winnie and Henry, Eric, Stanley, and Doreen.
Sadly missed.
The Argus 3 May 1918
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1656581

SMITH- In sad and loving remembrance of our
noble son and brother Lieut Quintín Robert        
Smith 14th Batt 2nd Ref who died on the  
3rd May 1915 of wounds received at Court-
ney's Post Gallipoli
He gave his country all- his body's might,
His life's success, home, love, his splendid 
youth.
He cast them all, the offering of a knight,
Into the alter flame of right and truth 
-(Inserted by his sorrowing parents, brothers
amd sisters, 9 Glen street, Essendon. )
The Argus 3 May 1919
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1463952

 

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