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Rank Capt.
Unit # 1st Canadian Contingent
24th Reg. Yes
Resident Chatham
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Captain Smith joined the 24th Kent Regiment as Private and was promoted from rank to rank until at the outbreak of the was he was Major.

He went overseas with the 1st Canadian Contingent in Sept. 1914, proceeding to France Feb. 5, 1915 with the 1st Infantry Battalion.

He was gazetted Major in March 1915, serving with undaunted courage for which he mentioned several times in official dispatches, until June 15, 1915, when he paid the supreme sacrifice for King and country.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Sources Chatham Daily Planet (16-11-1914), Commonwealth War Grave Commission, Chatham Daily Planet (28-11-1914), Chatham Daily Planet (30-11-1914), Chatham Daily Planet (28-12-1914), Chatham Daily Planet (24-09-1919), Chatham Daily Planet (27-09-1919), Victor Lauriston - Romantic Kent - The Story of a County 1626-1952, Centennial Chatham 1895-1995 - John Rhodes
Supplemental Information Wife: Mrs. Edith May Smith, Chatham Son: Roderick Lorne
Height 5'8"
Eye Colour blue
Age 30
Complexion fair
Hair brown
Race white
Birthplace Chatham ON
Religion Prebysterian
Last Place of Employment Standard Reliance Loan and Mortgage Company, Chatham
Marital Status marriedd
When Enlisted Aug. 1914
Where Enlisted Chatham ON

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