Studio portrait of brothers, 2476 Private (Pte) Henry Sydney Sholto Brooks Smith, left, and 2475 ...

Studio portrait of brothers, 2476 Private (Pte) Henry Sydney Sholto Brooks Smith, left, and 2475 Pte Sydney Brooks Smith both of the 2nd Battalion and from Petersham, NSW. 2476 Pte Henry Smith, a dyer and dry cleaner prior to enlistment and 2475 Pte Sydney Smith, a fitter, embarked with the 7th Reinforcements from Sydney aboard HMAT Orsova (A67) on 14 July 1915. After further training in Egypt, they served at Gallipoli until the evacuation in December 1915. The Smith brothers arrived in France for service on the Western Front in March 1916. 2475 Pte Sydney Brooks Smith was wounded in action at Pozieres, France, on 3 July 1916 and died of his wounds later that day. He was 22 years of age. Pte Henry Brooks survived the war and returned home to Australia on 31 May 1919.