| Date of enlistment | 12th July 1915 |
| Rank at enlistment | Private |
| Company | C Company |
| Significant events while with the AIF | Wounded in Action – Pozieres |
Summary of Private Smiths’s WW1 service record, located in the National Archives of Australia. Full details are available online, NAA Series B2455
| Date | Location | Event |
| 13th September 1919 | Australia | Discharged |
| 30th May 1919 | Australia | Disembarked Castalia |
| 13th April 1919 | England | Returned to Australia on Castalia |
| 13th February 1919 | England | Disembarked Weymouth from France |
| 20th December 1918 | England | Rejoined unit from leave |
| 4th December 1918 | England | Proceeded on English leave |
| 24th November 1916 | Belgium | Re-joined Battalion |
| 13th November 1916 | France | Marched in to 2nd ADBD |
| 8th August 1916 | England | Admitted 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth |
| 7th August 1916 | France | Embarked at Rouen on HS St.David |
| 5th August 1916 | France | Wounded in Action – gunshot wound face and left thigh |
| 26th March 1916 | France | Disembarked Marseille |
| 19th March 1916 | Egypt | Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force from Alexandria on the Llandovery Castle |
| 1st March 1916 | Egypt | Conduct to the prejudice of good order. Smoking at outpost – award 6 days FP#2 |
| 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