SMITH, Augustus Lionel

A Southern Downs Veteran

CONFLICT : WWI
SERVICE NO : 53264
RANK : Driver
UNIT : 1st Field Artillery Brigade
ENLISTMENT DATE : 6/02/1918
AGE : 22
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT : Toowoomba, Queensland
PLACE OF BIRTH : Freestone, Queensland
RELIGION : Methodist
OCCUPATION : Engine Driver
DATE OF DEATH : 4/01/1949
PLACE OF BURIAL : Allora, Queensland

MEMORIALS : 2023 Freestone WWI Honour Board, Allora Shire Soldiers War Memorial

View this person’s Service File : Augustus Lionel SMITH

NOTES : Augustus and his brother Ormsby Ernest 6806 and sister Nurse Ada Priscilla Smith enlisted WWI. His parents James and Anna Maria Smith lived at Freestone and Allora. Augustus married Edith Ellen Smith (nee Clowes).

Read about Southern Downs Military History here.