2. | Stephen John "Jack" Smith was born on 24 Aug 1887 in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand; died on 3 Nov 1948 in Wanganui, Wanganui, New Zealand. Notes:
Smith, Stephen John, Sergeant, 1/499
5th Wellington Regiment, Samoan Expeditionary Force
Jack Smith enlisted in early August 1914. He was a civil servant, living in Seatoun and working in the Internal Affairs Department in Wellington when war was declared. He had previously served as a signaller in the Territorials and experienced men like him, in the Wellington area, were immediately formed into an Expeditionary Force and dispatched to Samoa, but instead of returning to New Zealand after the eviction of the Germans, Jack was transferred to the Samoan Civil Administration, which was formed to govern the islands for New Zealand. He remained in Samoa for many years and rose to become Administrator of the Islands. He was back in New Zealand, retired, when World War 2 began, but volunteered again for the army and served as a senior NCO, and later Lieutenant, in training and administrative roles.
[E-mail from Ally McBride rec: 21 Mar 2016]
Stephen married Daisy Ruth McFarlan [MacFarlane] on 12 Jun 1915 in Apia, Samoa. Daisy (daughter of Henry B. McFarlane [MacFarlane] and Elizabeth Graham) was born on 16 Sep 1889 in Carterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand; was christened on 29 Jan 1890; died on 28 Jun 1954 in New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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