A carpenter before enlisting in August 1914, Albert Charles Smithson died at the age of 21 in 1916.
In 1920, butcher Albert Smithson received a letter from the Melbourne Barracks asking what his relationship was to Albert Charles Smithson, who had nominated him as next of kin. Smithson replied that he was the father of Cpl AC Smithson. Cpl Smithson's mother was dead, but there was a brother and three sisters. Corporal Smithson's effects comprising a metal cigarette case, 2 notebooks, a cardcase, photographs, letters and a cotton bag were forwarded, along with advice that the Corporal was buried at Heilly-sur-Ancre Military Cemetry.
Before enlisting in August 1914, AC Smithson was a carpenter. He had been promoted to Bombardier and then Corporal. He was fatally wounded by artillery fire near Albert on the Western Front and died of wounds, aged 21.
(NAA: B2455, SMITHSON ALBERT CHARLES)
