Ancestor Details
Name of Ancestor: Thomas Hodgman Smith
Ancestor's date of birth: 1878
Ancestor's date of death: 1927
Cause of Death: Heart and Lung problems
Service Number: 4196, 34418, 22218
Colony or State of enlistment: Not applicable, Place of Enlistment: Capetown South Africa
Unit: South African Irregular Units, Brabants Horse and Kitcheners Fighting Scouts.
Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: On enlistment
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No record of post Boer War service
Murray Page: Not applicable did not serve in an Australian unit
Contingent: Not applicable
Ship: Travelled privately to South Africa
Memorial details: Detail not provided
Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps: Belfast, Wittenbergen, Cape Colony, King's South Africa Medal 1901, 1902.
Personal Characteristics: Born in Auckland New Zealand
Reasons to go and fight: Duty Called
Details of service in war: Brabants Horse Chief's Body Guard and a Commander in Kitcheners Fighting Scouts. He saw service in the Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal.
Service and life after the Boer War: No details provided.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Graeme James Hodgmen Smith, Coronet Bay VIC
Relationship to Ancestor: Grandson
Name of Descendant: Marley Corinaldi, Point Lonsdale VIC
Relationship to Ancestor: Grand Daughter
