Sergeant Edward David "Ted" Smout OAM (5 January 1898 – 22 June 2004) was an Australian soldier in the First World War. He was Australia's 6th last surviving World War I veteran. Smout served in the army as a stretcher bearer.

Jul 17, 2020 · Ted Smout was an Honoured Life Member of the Australian Republic Movement, his staunch support underpinned by a direct understanding of the appalling cost of life that Australia, as a colonial attachment to the UK, suffered in WWI.

Jun 23, 2004 · A revered soldier, gentleman and a corporate success, World War I veteran Ted Smout once mused that his 106-year long life had many highlights.

Aug 15, 2002 · Interview with Ted Smout [12947 Corporal Edward David (Ted) Smout 3rd Sanitation Section, Australian Army Medical Corps] regarding his life and service during the First World War, including: early life in Queensland; enlisting, being trained for sanitation work, being a stretcher bearer in France; the shelling of the frontline hospital as the ...

Edward Smout OAM is Notable. Ted Smout OAM was the only Australian veteran to live through every war in which Australia, as a nation, has been involved: from South Africa to Afghanistan. He was a stretcher-bearer during The Great War; one of the first on the scene upon the landing of Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron, as he died.

Jun 23, 2004 · Australia's oldest surviving World War I veteran Ted Smout has died, aged 106. His death yesterday afternoon in Brisbane means there are now just five surviving Australian Great War veterans.

During an engagement near the Somme River on 21 April 1918, Smout was an eyewitness to the final moments in the life and career of the famous German flying ace Manfred von Richthofen (aka the "Red Baron"), whose aeroplane had landed nearby after he was fatally shot.

Queensland's last World War I veteran Ted Smout has been farewelled at a state funeral in Brisbane. Mr Smout died in a Brisbane nursing home last Tuesday aged 106, leaving just five surviving World War I veterans in Australia. Around 600 friends, family members and dignitaries gathered at the Sandgate Uniting Church on Brisbane's northern bayside.

Jun 22, 2004 · Ted Smout interview; France Legion of Honour, 5th Class : Mr E D Smout; Edward David "Ted" Smout , a member of the 3rd Sanitation Section AIF, 1915-1919, interviewed by Peter Rubinstein for "Voices From The Great War".

Jun 23, 2004 · Ted Smout who came from Queensland served in the AIF in World War One as part of the Medical Corps. He brought out a book a few years ago called 'Three Centuries Spanned'. I think Andrew Smith and a few other forum members knew him persona...