Individual Details

Alexander Barker SMITH

(4 Feb 1869 - 6 Dec 1937)

Events

Birth	4 Feb 1869	Wandandian, New South Wales, Australia
Note	1899	He fought in the Boer War in South Africa with a contingent known as the NSW IMPERIAL BUSHMEN. Service number: 629, Rank: Private. He was severely wounded, Reneke 29/11/1900. According to an obituary in the Goulburn Penny Post 10 Dec 1937 the doctors determined that they would have to amputate his leg but he threatened revenge if they did so. So they probed deeper into the woulnd to find that a piece of sock had been carried into the wound by the bullet
Note	1900	He also considered a very good athlete, excelling at running, boxing & cricket. During his time in the army he became the Army heavyweight boxing champion
Occupation	1903	a policeman. Upon returning from the Boer War he joined the NSW Police Force and spent many years at Hamilton on the coalfields. He rose to the rank of sergeant & his last posting was at Orange, NSW where he spent the final 10 years of his life, retiring about 3 years before his death
Marriage	8 Jun 1904	(Nancy was a nurse in the Boer War) - St Paul's, West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia - Annie Jane "Nancy" NEWTON
Death	6 Dec 1937	St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Families

Spouse	Annie Jane "Nancy" NEWTON (1878 - 1962)
Child	Kathleen Alexandra "Kitty" SMITH (1905 - 1982)
Child	Miriam Edith SMITH (1909 - 1991)

Father	William SMITH (1835 - 1892)
Mother	Elizabeth "Eliza" BARKER (1833 - 1905)
Sibling	William Alfred "Bidgenook" SMITH (1856 - 1924)
Sibling	Margaret Alison SMITH (1859 - 1869)
Sibling	John Barker SMITH (1861 - 1926)
Sibling	Elizabeth SMITH (1862 - 1908)
Sibling	Thomas Buchanan SMITH (1864 - 1902)
Sibling	Mary Jane SMITH (1867 - 1923)
Sibling	Arthur Joseph SMITH (1871 - 1944)
Sibling	George Francis "Franklin" SMITH (1874 - 1943)
Sibling	Robert James SMITH (1876 - 1918)

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