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Gunner Albert Charles Edgar (Edward) Smith

 Malukana, krakani milaythina tu manta manta

You sleep, you rest on land far away

Born: 19 July 1896

Enlisted: 3 November 1915

Died: 18 September 1918

Tasmanian Aboriginal soldier Gunner Albert Charles Edgar (Edward) Smith is a descendant of well-known Tasmanian Aboriginal woman Fanny Cochrane Smith.

Ogilvie High School student Georgia-Alice Bunge prepared a comprehensive report about Gunner Smith's Tasmanian Aboriginal heritage, family, life at Nichols Rivulet and war service for the Frank MacDonald Memorial Study Tour 2016.

Open the research report about Gunner Albert Charles Edgar (Edward) Smith. (PDF, 1.05MB)