Australian Military Units

Lieutenant Colonel Ernest Hilmer Smith, CB, VD

Date of birth	1878-05-29
Other units	1914-08-24	12 Battalion.
Date promoted	1914-08-24	Appointed captain.
Date promoted	1915-01-01	Appointed major.
Other units	1915-05-01	Appointed Temporary Commanding Officer, 12 Battalion.
Date promoted	1915-08-01	Appointed temporary lieutenant colonel.
Date of honour or award	1915-11-08	Companion of the Order of the Bath.
Date returned to Australia	1916-01-22
Other units	1916-10-16	Appointed Temporary Commanding Officer, 11 Battalion.
Date promoted	1916-10-16	Appointed lieutenant colonel.
Other units	1916-11-08	Taken on strength, 11 Battalion.
Other units	1917-03-26	Seconded to command the 1st Australian Division School.
Other units	1917-05-16	Seconded to command No 1a Group AIF Depots in the UK.
Other units	1917-11-07	Commanding Officer 1 Training Brigade.