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Allan Allsop records seeing 'Ginger' Smith in his diary:
Tuesday 21 March 1916 - All day off. Saw Aust. mail going through to Cairo 4 Iron-barred trucks. Met Ginger Smith & Cullen (spring healed Jack) of the Artillery. They left today Helmets issued. Tunics & long drill pants arrived. Artillery practice Plum pudding as well
Tuesday 2 January 1917 - Striking a hospital tent in the morning and erecting it again in another part of the grounds. At 1 p.m. 10 of us went to the famous Caves near Naours where refugees used to hide in times of Invasion. These Caves contain about 300 rooms, one cave being 1/2 mile long. A whole Division of troops 20,000 could be accomodated here, horses, artillery etc. The names of John Norton & Eva Pannett are to be seen autographed on a stone just inside the entrance. Met "Ginger" Smith from Mosman.
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- Smith John Roy : SERN 3149 : POB Liverpool NSW : POE Liverpool NSW : NOK F Smith Thomas (item)
- Discovering Anzacs - John Roy Smith (webpage)
- Find War Dead – Smith, John Roy (webpage)
- Roll of Honour - John Roy Smith (webpage)
- First World War Embarkation Roll - John Roy Smith (webpage)
- Bombardier J.R.Smith (photograph)
- Looking for John Roy Smith (webpage)
- ROLL OF HONOUR. (Death Notice) (webpage)
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- SMITH J. R. on the West Face of the Mosman War Memorial