Harold Desmond Gold-Smith

Gunner

Conflict:

WW1

Additional Information:

Son of Eric Charles and Marian Gold-Smith; husband of T. E. Gold-Smith, of 8, Domain Drive, Parnell, Auckland. Born in England.

References:

CWGC

Archives New Zealand

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Cricketer, Gunner Harold Gold-Smith , NZ Field Artillery died in Edinburgh on February 12th.,1919, He was born in Tauranga, on July 17, 1888, when his surname was Goldsmith. An employee of the NZ Insurance Company, he was living in Epsom, Auckland on his enlistment in May 1918. He played a single first-class match for Hawke’s Bay against Wellington in March 1906.
He is buried in Edinburgh (Comely Bank) Cemetery.
Leaving New Zealand in October 1918, he arrived in the U.K too late to serve in combat, but died from Pneumonia following Influenza.
(Wisden on the Great War.)

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Casualty

Service Number:

79900

Name:

Harold Desmond Gold-Smith

Rank:

Gunner

Date of Birth:

17 July 1888

Next of Kin:

Mrs I.E. Gold-Smith (wife), 192 The Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Occupation on Enlistment:

Clerk

Armed Force:

Army

Unit:

New Zealand Field Artillery

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Died of influenza

Date of Death:

12 February 1919

Day of Death:

Wednesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

New Zealand Expeditionary Force

Embarkation Place:

Wellington, New Zealand

Embarkment Date:

02 October 1918

Transport:

HMNZT 111

Vessel:

Matatua

Destination:

London, England

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Edinburgh (Comely Bank) Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

D. 60.

Cemetery Location:

United Kingdom