Topic: AIF - 2B - 7 LHR
7th LHR, AIF
7th Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
Stuart Rutherford Smith
Stuart Rutherford Smith
Service number: 1417
Rank: Trooper [Tpr]
Unit: 7th Australian Light Horse
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 5 August 1916
Cause of death: Killed in action
Cemetery or memorial details: EGYPT 2 Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
War Grave Register notes: SMITH, Tpr. Stuart Rutherford, 1417. 7th Australian Light Horse. Killed in action 5th Aug., 1916. Age 24. Son of Andrew and Elizabeth Smith, of 103, Raglan St., Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. B. 53.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
Stuart Rutherford Smith
A brief military biography of Mark Rosenberg from The AIF Project:
| Regimental number | 1417 |
| Place of birth | Ballarat, Victoria |
| School | Central State School, Dana Street, Ballarat, Victoria |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
| Occupation | Railway employee |
| Address | 103 Raglan Street, Ballarat, Victoria |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 24 |
| Next of kin | Father, Andrew Smith, 103 Raglan Street, Ballarat, Victoria |
| Previous military service | Nil |
| Enlistment date | 3 August 1915 |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 7th Light Horse Regiment, 11th Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/12/3 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Hawkes Bay on 23 October 1915 |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 7th Light Horse Regiment |
| Fate | Killed in Action 5 August 1916 |
| Place of death or wounding | Romani, Sinai, Egypt |
| Age at death | 24 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 24 |
| Place of burial | Kantara War Memorial Cemetery Row B, Grave No. 53), Egypt |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 5 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Andrew and Elizabeth SMITH, 103 Raglan Street, Ballarat, Victoria |
| Other details | War service: Egypt Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916
Bir el Abd, Sinai, 9 August 1916
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 7th LHR, Roll of Honour, Stuart Rutherford Smith
