Captain Anthony A. Smith in the uniform of the 72nd Battalion, CEF. He is wearing a glengarry and tartan trews and carrying a cane. He appears to be in a backyard garden. He was the 72nd Battalion Transport Officer. On the bottom of the photo is pasted a Scottish poem (a version "Scots wha hae wi Wallace Bled". It states: "Scots wha hae on Porridge fed / Scots wha's hair is awfu' red / Scots wha suffer frae swelled head / Gang and wash yer knees". 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.