SMITH, Victor Harvey

1887 - 1976  (89 years)

• Name	SMITH, Victor Harvey
  Birth	12 Jun 1887	Ti Point, NZ. BDM Online 1887/4645   [2]
  	He told me (and others) on more than one occasion that he was the first white child to have been born at Ti Point. --Vern Smith [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1911	Auckland   [3]
  	Gas Meter inspector
  Residence	1911	5 Blake St, Akd West   [3]
  Milit-Beg	06 Oct 1916	Auckland
  	Enlisted for military service
  Military Service	14 Mar 1917
  	Embarked on Ruapehu. 23rd Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company
  Military Service	10 Jul 1917	Ploegsteert Wood
  	Received a shell shrapnel wound to the chest while on active service in Belgium
  	Ploegsteert Wood is in Belgium quite close to the French border. Vic was injured by an exploding shell fragment on the day before the commencement of the Third Battle of Ypres campaign, the preliminary bombardment of which began on 11 July 1917.
  Military Service	9 Sep 1917
  	Neil writes of his being wounded
  Location	30 Sep 1917	Highlands, Scotland   [4]
  	Neil's supposition
  Location	29 Oct 1917	Codford   [5]
  Event-Misc	Abt 19 Apr 1918	Torquay, England   [6]
  	Left for New Zealand
  Event-Misc	10 May 1918  [7]
  	Aririves back in Auckland.
  Milit-End	12 Jul 1918	Wellington
  	According to the discharge certificate, he was 'attested' on 6 October 1916, and served in the 3rd battalian, Auckland Infantry Regiment. 'Certificate of discharge of No. 42419' - Photo.
  	His discharge certificate (Alvin has a photo of it) is dated 12 July 1918..
  Occupation	1921  [8]
  	Gasworker
  Residence	1921	33 England St, Ponsonby   [8]
  Occupation	23 Sep 1923  [9]
  	Gasworker
  Residence	1926	88 West End Rd, Westmere, Auckland
  Married	5 Jun 1926	Registrars Office, Auckland
  	I have a copy of the Marriage Certificate
  Illness	21 Jul 1973	Cornwall Hospital   [10]
  	A permanent resident; later moved to Waitakere Hospital, near Henderson.
  Death	21 Jul 1976	Waitakere Hospital, Auckland, NZ
  	Cause of death on the Death Certificate was "Bronchopneumonia - 3 days, Influenza Infection, Spinal Osteoporosis - years"
  Burial	24 Jul 1976	Waikumete Cemetery. PROTESTANT LAWN D Row 3, Plot 6
  Probate	13 Aug 1976	Public Trust   [11]
  	Filed
  Reference Number	19
  Person ID	I19	Main Tree | Ancestor of Vern Smith, Descendant of Angus Matheson
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	SMITH, John Benjamin,   b. 1 Oct 1854, Clevedon d. 01 Dec 1936, Auckland Hospital. (Age 82 years)
  Mother	MATHESON, Christina,   b. 23 Aug 1861, Leigh d. 21 Apr 1938 (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	30 Mar 1882	St James Presbyterian Church, Auckland   [12]
  Family ID	F16	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	TORKINGTON, Alma Winifred Maud,   b. 19 Aug 1900, Warkworth d. 09 Sep 1971, Auckland. BDM Registration Number 1971/37048 (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	05 Jun 1926  [13]
  Children	1. SMITH, Alvin Lester,   b. 27 Apr 1927, Westmere, Auckland, NZ d. 27 Oct 2011, Northhaven Hospital, Whangaparaoa. (Age 84 years)   2. SMITH, Kevin Lyall,   b. 17 Dec 1931, Auckland d. 21 Aug 1993, Warkworth, NZ (Age 61 years)   3. SMITH, Ivan Ronald,   b. 19 Jun 1936, Auckland d. 23 Jul 1960, Auckland (Age 24 years) + 4. SMITH, Vernon Leigh,   b. 24 Jul 1940, Auckland (Age 84 years)
  Documents		Marriage Certificate for Vic and Alma Smith
  Family ID	F7	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Mar 2013

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - 1921 - 33 England St, Ponsonby Residence - 1926 - 88 West End Rd, Westmere, Auckland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Documents

  Vic Smith Death Certificate

  
  

  Headstones

  Memorial Plaque Vic and Alma's memorial plaque at Waikumete Cemetery

  
  

• Notes

  Neil writes of his being wounded. [14] Wounded. 'Vic won't be over there in time on account of his luck on 7/4/17' [14]

  
  

• Sources

  [S427] Vern's recollection. [S226] Smith, Gertie, Birthday book, s.d. [S305] Electoral Roll, 1911 Akd West. [S369] Smith, Neil, letters, 30 Sep 1917. [S369] Smith, Neil, letters, 29 Oct 1917. [S369] Smith, Neil, letters, 19 Apr 1918, p. 3. [S369] Smith, Neil, letters, 14 July 1918, p. 1. [S305] Electoral Roll, 1921. [S269] Marriage Certificate, 1376, of 1923, for marriage of Norman Roderick Smith and Alma Winifred Maude Torkington. [S64] Smith, Alvin, Note of 1977. [S327] NZSG index. [S196] St James Pres. Ch., (NZ Genealogical Society, 1988), Registration Nr: 359. [S10] Smith, Vernon, 27 May 2004: he quoted from a copy of the marriage certificate that he obtained. [S369] Smith, Neil, letters, 9 Sep1917.