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Title: N A Smeal Regimental Sargeant Major WW1
Post by: percy porter on Saturday 22 November 25 07:11 GMT (UK)

Am looking for information on the above, originally from Ekatahuna and moved, to Auckland after WW1

I believe he served in WW2 but as yet have no information on his service. He died in Auckland

TIA Alan

Title: Re: N A Smeal Regimental Sargeant Major WW1
Post by: minniehaha on Saturday 22 November 25 07:44 GMT (UK)

This article may be helpful?


https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19410920.2.81?phrase=2&query=N.+A.+Smeal&snippet=true

There are more references in Papers Past...


Minniehaha.

Title: Re: N A Smeal Regimental Sargeant Major WW1
Post by: ShaunJ on Saturday 22 November 25 12:32 GMT (UK)

https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C35611

Title: Re: N A Smeal Regimental Sargeant Major WW1
Post by: Andy J2022 on Saturday 22 November 25 12:50 GMT (UK)

Thanks to the link provided by Shaun, his full service record can be found here: https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE13841699
(if that link doesn't work, you can get to it via this link: https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R7818203)

Title: Re: N A Smeal Regimental Sargeant Major WW1
Post by: Lucy2 on Sunday 23 November 25 01:20 GMT (UK)

At Archives NZ >  another 500 pages contained in the following record for N A SMEAL.

https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE20885055

   ~   Lu

Title: Re: N A Smeal Regimental Sargeant Major WW1
Post by: percy porter on Tuesday 25 November 25 22:53 GMT (UK)

Thanks for all your replies, I have been handed a 'Scrap Book' of his from WW1 that came to the Warkworth Museum via our Op Shop and I trying to locate any living relatives. It contains a number of photographs and reading through what service records there are he spent time at Camp SLing and was also in France.

Title: Re: N A Smeal Regimental Sargeant Major WW1
Post by: minniehaha on Wednesday 26 November 25 00:25 GMT (UK)

This takes us a little way:

Robert Arnold Smeal, son of N.A. Smeal.

https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C143018?srt=relevance&n=Robert+arnold+smeal&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch&ordinal=0

https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims/R20243076/smeal-robert-arnold?q=Robert+arnold+smeal&isFuzzy=true&source=aims
   
1921/389   Smeal   Robert Arnold   Mary Agnes   Newton Arnold   
1915/15518   Smeal   Jessie Irene   Mary Anges   Newton Arnold

The cenotaph record shows his death notice appeared in the Cnristchurch Press on 18.9.1982.

Minniehaha.

Title: Re: N A Smeal Regimental Sargeant Major WW1
Post by: mckha489 on Wednesday 26 November 25 01:23 GMT (UK)

Attached the death notice

2 daughters named in will here :-

https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE53198424

his sister also named in the will died 1979 unmarried.

Added - Sorry Minniehaha!   I had the window open and didn't check!

Title: Re: N A Smeal Regimental Sargeant Major WW1
Post by: minniehaha on Wednesday 26 November 25 01:33 GMT (UK)

Link to Will shown in reply #6.....😊

Wife in death notice was his second.


Minniehaha.