Standing Portrait of Lt Anthony A. Smith in the uniform of the172nd Battalion, CEF. He is wearing a service dress tunic with a Sam Browne belt with a forage cap and a cane. The photo was possiby taken outside of his house in Kamloops or Vancouver. It appears to have been taken at the same time as photo 2015.074.001e. On the bottom is possibly written "Trying out B.C.". The handwriting on the photo was done by his wife Harriet Smith which was done after his death in 1918 when she compiled a scrapbook. The 172nd (Rocky Mountain Rangers) Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Based in Kamloops, British Columbia, the unit began recruiting during the winter of 1915/16 in Kamloops and district. After sailing to England in October 1916, the battalion was absorbed into the 24th Reserve Battalion on January 1, 1917. BRIEF BIOGRAPHY: Lieutenant Anthony Albert "Tony" Smith (1888-1918), served with the 72nd Battalion, CEF from 27 April, 1917 to 10 August, 1918 when he died of wounds. He was the Battalion's Transport Officer. Smith was born on 13 January, 1882 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England. In Bradford, he married Harriett Stephenson, (1880-1958) on 28 September, 1902. While in England, Anthony was a member of the 2nd Battalion, West Yorkshire Volunteers for about 3 years. The Smith family immigrated to Canada in 1903. They lived in Calgary, Alberta in 1906, and then in the Cariboo region of Brtish Columbia in 1911. Smith enlisted in Kamloops, BC with the 172nd (Rocky Mountain Rangers) Battalion, CEF on March 1, 1916. He had previously served with the 31st British Columbia Horse for eight years. He left Canada on October 25, 1916, as a Lieutenant with the 172nd CEF battalion and arrived in England on October 31, 1916. He was transferred to the 24th Reserve Battalion at Bramshott, England, on January 1, 1917. Anthony passed his "regular" exams at the Canadian Communications Military School on 13 March, 1917. On 27 April, 1917, he went to France as a reinforcement for the 72nd Battalion due to the unit's massive casualties sustained at Vimy Ridge 18 days before. Captain Smith was wounded on 26 June, 1917, with a laceration to his left knee. After being transferred between 5 or 6 different medical units over the course of a few months, as well as enjoying a 14 day leave in December 1917, He died of his wounds on August 10, 1918. He was buried at Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery in Somme, France.