Lost World War I soldier Robert Henry Smith discovered in family research project

Simon McCarthy
Updated May 25 2017 - 10:48pm, first published 4:47pm
And image of soldier at Chateau Wood in October 1917 shows the devastation after the Battle of Passchendaele. Photo: Australian War Memorial.
And image of soldier at Chateau Wood in October 1917 shows the devastation after the Battle of Passchendaele. Photo: Australian War Memorial.

“It appears you have all forgotten me.” – words Robert Henry Smith wrote home to Tingha on an undated postcard from the front lines in Belgium in 1917.

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Simon McCarthy

Simon McCarthy

Journalist, Newcastle Herald

Simon McCarthy is a journalist working at the Newcastle Herald in NSW. He writes news and features, and produces video and multimedia, for the Herald and Herald Weekender magazine. He contributes regularly to the Newcastle Herald’s daily Topics column, and is the co-creator and producer of the Toohey’s News podcast. McCarthy has worked as a journalist in regional NSW since 2013. He joined the newsroom of the Newcastle Herald in 2017 from the Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth where he worked from 2015 to 2016.

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