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SMITH, Colin Macpherson
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(Liet) Colin Macpherson Smith
Lieutenant Colin Macpherson Smith born in Semaphore, South Australia was a Bank Clerk enlisted 7/12/1915 and joined the 10th Battalion, 8th ReinforcementUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 2 September 1915 Liet Colin Smith died of wounds at Passchendaele, Belgium on 6 October 1917 he was the brother of the aviators Ross and Keith Smith.
| Place of birth | Semaphore, South Australia |
| Other Names | Smith, Caleb Medcraft |
| School | St Peter's College, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Bank clerk |
| Address | Mutooroo Station, Cockburn, South Australia |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 20 |
| Next of kin | Father, Andrew Smith, Asiemore, Stephen Terrace, Gilberton Street, South Australia |
| Previous military service | Served in the Citizen Military Forces. |
| Enlistment date | 7/12/1915 |
| Rank on enlistment | 2nd Lieutenant |
| Unit name | 10th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 2 September 1915 |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 10th Battalion |
| Fate | Died of wounds 6 October 1917 |
| Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | *Second entry both matched |
| Place of death or wounding | Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium |
| Age at death | 22 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
| Place of burial | Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXV, Row C, Grave No. 1), Belgium |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial |
60 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records |
Parents: Andrew and Jessie SMITH, "Aviemane", Stephen Terrace, Gilberton, South Australia.Commemorated in North Road Church of England Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia. |
| Family/military connections | Brother to Lt Sgt Keith Macpherson Smith and Capt Sir Ross Macpherson Smith. |
10th, 12th and 16th Battalions Officers
ID number P01153.001
Collection Photograph
Object type Black & white
Date made August 1915
Physical description Black & whiteDescription
Group portrait of officers and non-commissioned officers of 8th Reinforcements of the 10th, 12th and 16th Battalions, at Mitcham camp (later Colonel Light Gardens), Adelaide, South Australia. Identified from left to right:
back row: 2568 Corporal (Cpl) Leslie Gordon Shannon from Bagot's Well, South Australia (later Lieutenant (Lt) and awarded DCM); 2709 Pte Leslie George William Caust from Somerton, South Australia (later Lt); 2567 Cpl Alan Kenmore Brooker, from Kent Town, South Australia; Cpl Mac...(unidentified), 2608 Cpl Roy Reginald Foulkes from Gilles Plains, South Australia (later Sergeant); and 2631 Cpl Douglas Bertram Bert Crisp from Rosewater, South Australia.
Second row from back: 2606 Sergeant (Sgt) James Finlay from Hyde Park, South Australia; 2559 Sgt David Jesse Henry Millard from Port Pirie South Australia; 2603 Cpl George Evans from Stepney, South Australia; 914 Sgt Leonard Charles Gardner from Murray Bridge, South Australia (later Company Quartermaster Sergeant); 2593 Sgt James Eric Mayne from North Adelaide (later Company Sergeant Major); and 2664 Sgt Samuel (Sammy) Aynsworth Osborne from Prospect South Australia (later awarded the Military Medal).
Third row: 2558 Cpl William Roland (Bill) Brooker, from Kent Town; 2592 Cpl Ernest George Hodge from Alberton South Australia (later Lt); 2602 Sgt Maurice Leonard (Len) Gurr from North Kensington, South Australia (killed in action in France between 6-10 April 1917); 2600 Lance Corporall Libby Sibly (Lib) Waye from Willunga, South Australia; unknown, unknown, and 2632 Sgt Hugh Gordon Garland from Alberton, South Australia (later Lt and awarded DCM and MM and killed in action in France on 3 May 1918);
Front row: Lt Stewart; Lt Herman Fritz Hubbe from Knightsbridge, South Australia (later Captain and killed in action in France on 23 July 1916); Lt James (Jim) Churchill Smith from Prospect, South Australia (later Major and awarded MC and bar and MID); Lt Colin Macpherson Smith from Cockburn, South Australia (died of wounds at Passchendaele, Belgium on 6 October 1917 (brother of the aviators Ross and Keith Smith); Lt. Virgil Tucker from Ballarat, Victoria (later Captain and killed in action at Bullecourt, France on 11 April 1917).
Semaphore and Port Adelaide Sub-Branch Connection
Semaphore Returned Soldiers' Social
Members of the Semaphore and Port Adelaide sub-branch of the R.S.L. held their thirteenth annual social in the Memorial Hall, Semaphore, last night. The president (Mr. C. E. Sage) unveiled a plaque of a tablet that had been placed in Westminster Abbey by the War Graves Commission to perpetuate the memory 'of a Million Dead.'
The plaque was dedicated by the Rev. Edgar Arnold, who also proposed the toast of -Departed Comrades. Mr. L. Craigie proposed the toast of the R.S.L. and Mr. George King responded.
The Mayor of Port Adelaide (Mr. H. W. Bray) responded to the toast of -The Port Adelaide City Council which was proposed by the secretary of the sub-branch (Mr. F. Barnes). Items were given by Messrs. A. W. Minney, Ralph Powlson. Prank' Lorraine, C. Bennetts, and G. Cooper.
The president of the 10th Battalion A I.F. Club (Mr. G. C. Campbell) added to the branch a bugle which was originally presented to the late Lieutenant C. Smith by the Semaphore Women's Cheer-up Society. Lieutenant Colin Smith was killed at the war was a brother of Sir Keith Smith and the late Sir Ross Smith.
A cup won by the rifle shooting them was presented to the Sub-Branch
The Advertiser Wednesday 5 August 1936