Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private G. H. Smith, 8th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, who was killed in action at Gallipoli on the First Day of the Landings, 25 April 1915

1914-15 Star (932 Pte. G. H. Smith. 8-Bn. A.I.F.); British War and Victory Medals (932 Pte. G. H. Smith. 8-Bn. A.I.F.); Memorial Plaque (George Horace Smith) good very fine (4) £500-£700

George Horace Smith was born in London in 1894 and having emigrated to Australia attested for the Australian Imperial Force at Melbourne on 21 August 1914. He served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War and was killed in action on the first day of the Gallipoli Landings, 25 April 1915. He is buried in Shell Green Cemetery, Turkey.

Note: Various other sources, including the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Roll of Honour, give his date of death as between 25 and 27 April 1915; however, his online service papers clearly show his date of death as being 25 April 1915.