| Date of enlistment | 16th July 1915 |
| Rank at enlistment | Private |
| Company | D Company |
| Significant events while with the AIF | Wounded in Action – Pozieres |
Summary of Private Smith’s WW1 service record, located in the National Archives of Australia. Full details are available online, NAA Series B2455
| Date | Location | Event |
| 14th July 1917 | Australia | Request to re-enlist with the Expeditionary Forces |
| 15th May 1917 | Australia | Discharged |
| 12th April 1917 | Australia | Disembarked Ulysses |
| 13th February 1917 | England | Returned to Australia on A38 Ulysses from Devonport |
| 14th December 1916 | England | Marched in to No.2 Command Depot Weymouth from Administration HQ |
| 29th November 1916 | England | Discharged from 1st Auxiliary Hospital and to two weeks furlough |
| 23rd October 1916 | England | Transferred to 1st Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield |
| 9th August 1916 | England | Admitted War Hospital Bradford – gunshot wound thigh and thumb amputated |
| 8th August 1916 | France | Embarked from Boulogne for England on HS Cambria |
| 7th August 1916 | France | Admitted to 8th Stationary Hospital |
| 5th August 1916 | France | Wounded in Action – gunshot wound thigh and thumb |
| 26th March 1916 | France | Disembarked Marseille |
| 19th March 1916 | Egypt | Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force from Alexandria on the Llandovery Castle |
| 8th January 1916 | Egypt | Taken on Strength, Tel-el-Kabir |
| 25th October 1915 | Egypt | Disembarked Alexandria |
| 29th September 1915 | Australia | Departed Melbourne on RMS Osterley |
| 3rd August 1915 | Australia | Assigned to 5th Reinforcements 22nd Battalion |
| 19th July 1915 | Australia | Marched into Broadmeadows depot |

FIRST WORLD WAR TIMELINE