Private Harold Anson Smart
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Smart,
Harold Anson
Date of birth: 1892-07-25
Place of birth: Moosomin Saskatchewan Canada
Next of kin: Mrs Francis Smart (mother), Sedgewick, Alberta.
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): homestead farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Address:
Sedgewick, Alberta, Canada.
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1918-10-06
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Cantimpre Canadian Cemetery, F. 37.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 2109954
Highest Rank:
Private
(31st Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 31st Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private (Army). 1917-06-17 ?
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Killed in the advance to victory in the Canal du Nord area.
Awards
Military Medal (Rosieres 9th August 1918)
Description: When this man noticed that an enemy mortar was holding up his platoon and causing casualties he rushed it disposing of the crew and capturing the gun.
Date of award: 1918-05-09
Source: War Diary
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 522667
LAC ID:
234433
Service file: B8994-S029
Uploader's Notes: Son of Richard and Frances Smart of 451 Kennedy St., Nanaimo, British Columbia. This man was killed in the allied offensive to end the war in fighting around the Canal du Nord about a month after he had received his Military Medal.
Uploader's Research notes: Info from the attestation papers and the war diary. [Private Army Canadian Army Medical Corps Training Depot No. 13 Private Army Canadian Infantry 31st Battalion Military Medal Rosieres 9th August 1918 When this man noticed that an enemy mortar was holding up his platoon and causing casualties he rushed it disposing of the crew and capturing the gun. ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-09-22