Edwin Henry Mason Smith (Jeweller)
| Edwin Henry Mason Smith | |
|---|---|
| Born |
20 July 1886 Plymouth, England |
| Died | 15 October 1971 (aged 85) Auckland, New Zealand |
| Cause of death | Bronchopneumonia |
| Spouse(s) |
Ada Gartrett (m. 3 July 1909, Plymouth), May Smith (m. 15 August 1932, Auckland) |
| Children | Sidney Smith (1917–1986) Edwin Smith (1922–1997) Alexander Smith (1924–1980) Faith Beverly Smith (1930–1988) Maxwell James Smith (1934–2013) |
| Parent(s) | Edwin Henry Smith Hannah Elizabeth Smith, née Mason |
Ada Gartrett (m. 3 July 1909, Plymouth), May Smith
Edwin Henry Mason Smith (also known as Henry Smith) is a former Jeweller.
Edwin Henry Mason Smith was born at 6 Constantine Street, in Plymouth, Devonshire on 20 July 1886. His father Edwin Henry Smith was a Jeweller Journeyman. He grew up living above a watch and jewellery shop in Embankment Road, Plymouth. He was the eldest son of five boys and was known as Eddie or Ed in England and as Ted or Henry in New Zealand.
He spent his 21st birthday in hospital with rheumatic fever and after a doctor told him the climate in England was not suitable to his medical condition and after marrying Ada Garrett in Plymouth on 3 July 1909 he emigrated to New Zealand. Arriving in Wellington he travelled to Auckland by train on the newly completed North Island main trunk line. After working for Adolf Cohen who owned a watch and jewellery shop in Queen Street, Auckland he moved to Huntly where he opened up in business at 1 Main Street. Watch Maker and Jewellers shop in the front and accommodation in the back.
May Smith and Henry met in Huntly. May's father Alexander Smith had worked in the mines in Consett, North England as a stonemason, moved to New Zealand and worked in the coal mines in Huntly so that he could pay the passage for his wife and four daughters to join him in New Zealand (Alexander Smith built the stone chair on the walkway between Thorne and Milford Beaches, Northshore, Auckland).
Sidney Smith (Sid) was born on 18 August 1917.
Henry enlisted for the 1st New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 29th Reinforcements on 20 February 1917 in Hamilton and was given Regimental Number 54711. He was subsequently marched into the Featherston training camp and during training was posted to the 30th Wellington Reinforcements, Specialist Company – Machine Gun Sqron on the on 3 June 1917. Private Edwin Smith embarked on Troop Ship Number 93 from Wellington on 13 October 1917 and disembarked in Liverpool, England on 8 December. He was marched into Sling Camp at Larkhill, Bulford Village, Salisbury Plains on 9 December 1917.
In London on 13 June 1918, he was classified as unfit for duty and was transferred to APD on 26 December 1918. He was hospitalised due to influenza between 2 January and 22 February 1919. He embarked the SS Ionic in London on 14 March 1919 and arrived back in New Zealand on 24 April 1919. Due to a hernia, he was discharged from military service on 2 May 1919.
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