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• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Burlington
• Land Ontario, Canada
• Family Son of William Hamilton Smith and Mabel Osbourne Mc Henry, of 15, College Avenue, Ottawa; four brothers and one sister; his brother Charlie also served in the Canadian Army; his brother Herb served in the British Army; his third brother, William Gordon joined the Canadian Army in May 1918; Herb and Charlie paid for a large Celtic cross over Rob's grave in Lijssenthoek;
• Education Ottawa Collegiate Institute
• Profession Student

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 4 September 1916
• Service number 1260578
• Rank Gunner
• Regiment and unit 5th Brigade Canadian Field Artillery
• Other data related to military career Enrolled as a gunner in the No. 1 Siege Battery in the Cobourg Heavy Battery; arrived in England on 15 March 1917 and was sent to France; At the time of his death, he was an acting corporal in the 18th Siege Battery, Cobourg Heavy Artillery

Death

• Type of wounds Died of wounds at n°10 CCS.
• Died at the age of 19
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXI - FF - 5

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