SMART, Sydney Walter
| Service Number: | VX71284 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 27 January 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Squadron Engineers |
| Born: | Ararat, Victoria, Australia, 8 March 1912 |
| Home Town: | Ararat, Ararat, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Worker |
| Died: | Ararat, Victoria, Australia, 3 August 1996, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Ararat General Cemetery |
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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley
Sydney was the second of five children of Walter Smart (b1880 in Ararat, Victoria) and Alice Sophia Blake (b1889 in Ararat, Victoria). Walter - a Bricklayer - and Alice married in 1909 in Ararat, Victoria, where they settled and raised their family.
Sydney worked as a Labourer and Railway Worker in Ararat, and in 1938 married Gertrude May Matthews (b1917 in Melbourne, Victoria). In December 1941 Sydney enlisted in the Australian Army and was a Sapper (Service No:VX71284) attached to 2 Australian Field Squadron RAE when he was Discharged in October 1945. Brother Frederick Lewis Smart (Private; Service No:VX113368) and Cousins Mervyn Goulbourn Smart (Sergeant; RAAF Service No:401397), Harold James Smart (Leading Aircraftman; Service No:56560), Leslie Raymond Smart (Trooper; service No:VX77231) and Henry Roy Smart (Flying Officer; service No:428266) also served in WWII.
Sydney and Gertrude settled in Ararat, where Sydney was a Railways Worker. Gertrude died in 1989 and Sydney died in 1996.
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