Smart, William
Rank: Private
Regiment: 1st Battalion South African Infantry
Biography: Son of William Smart ; born King Edward, November 1876; graduated M.A., 1897. After graduation Smart went to South Africa and taught for several years at Wellington. He then became Headmaster at Port Nolloth, Cape Colony, but had to resign owing to ill-health. Later he took up farming. Smart enlisted in the South African Infantry as a Private and served in France until 24 March 1918, when he was reported "missing" and afterwards, "killed in action" in the Gauche Wood region.
Date of Death: 24 March 1918
Burial Details: Name recorded on the Pozières Memorial, Panel 96, Column 3.
Publication: Roll of Service, edited by Mabel Desborough Allardyce. Published 1921.
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