SMITH, Arthur Lloyd Bernard
Service Number: | 34110 |
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Enlisted: | 7 October 1940 |
Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 8 Elementary Flying Training School Narrandera |
Born: | Spotswood, Victoria, Australia, 9 July 1916 |
Home Town: | Darling Point, Woollahra, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia, 4 January 1941, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
South Head General Cemetery, Vaucluse, New South Wales Section M Grave 11 (GRM/2), South Head General Cemetery, South Head, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 34110 | |
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7 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 34110, No. 8 Elementary Flying Training School Narrandera |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Tiger Moth training aircraft A17-182 from Number 8 Elementary Flying Training School crashed into a building at the Grong Grong advanced landing ground killing the Pilot (Flying instructor) Sergeant Smith 34110
LAC Lyall Ross 256236 (pupil pilot) suffered facial injuries and severe shock and was admitted to Hospital - he was discharged from the RAAF in June 1944
FSGT Dudley Everett 291966 who was sitting in the office building received a compound fracture of the ankle when he was hurled into the air - he died in May 1943 at the RCAF Central Flying School in Canada
Sergeant (Pilot) David John Bourke 207749 who was also in the office received minor injuries - he was discharged from the RAAF in January 1943