Lieutenant Colonel Ernest Hilmer Smith

Ranks Held	Captain, Lieutenant Colonel
Birth Date	29/05/1878
Final Rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Service	Australian Imperial Force
Unit	12th Australian Infantry Battalion
Conflict/Operation	First World War, 1914-1918

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Date of birth	29/05/1878
Date promoted	24/08/1914	Appointed captain.
Date of embarkation	20/10/1914
Other units	24/08/1914	12 Battalion.
Date promoted	01/01/1915	Appointed major.
Date promoted	01/08/1915	Appointed temporary lieutenant colonel.
Date of honour or award	08/11/1915	Companion of the Order of the Bath.
Date of recommendation honour or award	1915
Other units	01/05/1915	Appointed Temporary Commanding Officer, 12 Battalion.
Date promoted	16/10/1916	Appointed lieutenant colonel.
Date returned to Australia	22/01/1916
Other units	08/11/1916	Taken on strength, 11 Battalion.
Other units	16/10/1916	Appointed Temporary Commanding Officer, 11 Battalion.
Other units	07/11/1917	Commanding Officer 1 Training Brigade.
Other units	16/05/1917	Seconded to command No 1a Group AIF Depots in the UK.
Other units	26/03/1917	Seconded to command the 1st Australian Division School.