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Studio portrait of 1175 Acting Sergeant Herbert Andrew Smythe, F Company, 3rd Battalion, of Gladesville, NSW. Corporal (Cpl) Smythe enlisted on 21 August 1914 and embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Euripides on 20 October 1915. He was killed in action at the second battle of Bullecourt on 3 May 1917. His brother Viv wrote the following notes referring to the location of his brother's burial on the back of the photograph 'OG2. Hindenburg Line E. of Bullecourt. Buried in trench 3rd bay to left of dugout to L (left) of sap leading to OG1 next to T.M. position. Map reference. France 51BSW, 1/20,000, U23C 4.25. 2.5.' This grave was not located at the end of the First World War and he is memorialised at Villers-Bretonneux. Cpl Smythe is one of four Smythe brothers, they were: Major Edward Vivian "Viv" Smythe MC and Bar, 17th and later 24th Battalion; Lieutenant Percy Ellesmere Smythe MC, 3rd and later 24th Battalion and Captain Vernon Erle Smythe MC and Bar, 3rd, 4th and later 56t Battalion, and a brother-in-law, Lieutenant George Roy McPhee Croix de Guerre, who all served with the AIF.
Studio portrait of 1175 Corporal Herbert Andrew Smythe, F Company, 3rd Battalion, of Gladesville, NSW. A telegraphist prior to enlistment, Corporal (Cpl) Smythe embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Euripi
Studio portrait of Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Percy Ellesmere Smythe, 24th Battalion, of Gladesville, NSW. 2nd Lt Smythe enlisted on 30 April 1915. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 3 November 1918 and
Studio portrait of Captain (Capt) Vernon (Vern) Erle Smythe MC and Bar, 56th Battalion, of Jerilderie, NSW. Capt Smythe was one of four Smythe brothers who served in the First World War: 1175 Corporal
At a parade, the Governor General of Australia, His Excellency The Right Honourable Lord Gowrie VC PC GCMG CB DSO (front, centre), speaks with N60011 Captain Edward Vivian (Viv) Smythe, MC and Bar, (l
Studio portrait of Captain (Capt) Edward Vivian Smythe, 24th Battalion, of Hamilton, NSW, wearing his Bar to his Military Cross (MC). Capt Smythe embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Euripides on 2 Novemb
Diaries kept by Lieutenant Percy Smythe during his service in the First World War with the 3rd and 24th Battalions, at Gallipoli and late on the Western Front in France. Further information about Per