Identity
Person No.
23367
Service No.
RR/1732
Last Name
First Name
William
Initials
W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
42
Military Service
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Date of Death
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Son of Margaret Smart, of Woodbine Cottage, Lonmay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and the late William Smart; born King Edward, November 1876; graduated M.A., 1897. After graduation Smart went to South Africa and taught for several years at Wellington. He then became Headmaster at Port Nolloth, Cape Colony, but had to resign owing to ill-health. Later he took up farming. Smart enlisted in the South African Infantry as a Private and served in France until 24 March 1918, when he was reported "missing" and afterwards, "killed in action" in the Gauche Wood region.
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External Source
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South African War Graves Project