Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
Smith C Pte 4058 Charlie 12 Inf Bn 18 Butcher Single RC
Address: Moonee Ponds, Lorne St, 58
Next of Kin: Smith, Charles Stephen, father, 58 Lorne St, Moonee Ponds
Enlisted: 22 Sep 1915
Embarked: A15 Star of England 24 Nov 1915 (Adelaide)
Transferred 2 May 1917 to 67 Inf Bn.
Relatives on Active Service:
Smith J A Pte 2256 brother
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Essendon Gazette 12 August 1915
Mr. Chas. S. Smith, of Lorne street, Moonee Ponds, has three sons, with the colours, viz.:-ยท-Private Chas. Smith, in the 8th Battalion of the 9th Light Horse Reinforcements; Private John Smith, 9th Battalion, 5th Reinforcements; and Private William Smith, Transport, Ship A55.
[Pte Charles Smith was in the 9th Reinforcements of the 12 Infantry Battalion]
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Mr. and Mrs. Smith, of 58 Lorne st., Moonee Ponds, have been notified that their son Charlie is in hospital, suffering from severe trench feet.
WITH THE COLOURS. (1917, March 1). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 5 Edition: Morning.. Retrieved May 3, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74601841
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Private C. Smith, son of Mr. C. S. Smith, of 58 Lorne street, Moonee Ponds, has been admitted to the 21st Southern General Hospital, Birmingham England, suffering from gunshot wound in the left thigh.
ROLL OF HONOR. (1918, September 19). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 3 Edition: Morning. Retrieved August 24, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74607143
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Charles Smith married Edith Maude Holtom in St James, Aston, England on 2 August 1919, when he was aged 22 and Edith 21. He gave his father's occupation as Line Foreman, GPO, and his own as labourer. Edith gave her father's occupation as Maltster, and her own as solderer.
War Service Commemorated
Essendon Town Hall R-Y
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