a very anxious time waiting

Sgt M.O Smart  

Sgt Maxwell Otto Smart served in France with the 10th Battalion of the AIF during the first World War. During that time he was wounded in battle twice, both times suffering gunshot wounds to the head. The first injury occurring on the 9/11/16 at Guedecourt and the second on the 10/08/18, three days into the Battle for Amiens . This battle occurred at the start of a major Allied push, later known as the Hundred Days Offensive, which ultimately lead to the end of the war. 

Last year the National Archives of Australia released their service records. Amongst his records I found  not only the copies of the letters sent to notify his registered next of kin, but on paper embossed with the 10th's colour patch, a handwritten letter from a Mrs I.M.H Smart, his mother,  & my great great mother. 

a very anxious time waiting

No disability - Feels quite well -  29th July, 1919 -