SMITH, Edgar Raymond
Service Numbers: | 428028, T20623 |
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Enlisted: | 10 October 1941 |
Last Rank: | Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | Air Force Headquarters |
Born: | Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia, 20 February 1922 |
Home Town: | Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Launceston Technical College, Tasmania, Australia |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental (Ground Accident), Third Basin, The Gorge, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia , 7 November 1943, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: |
Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania Plot B. Row A. Grave 5, Carr Villa General Cemetery, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Evandale No 7 Flying Training School Memorial |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 428028 | |
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10 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, T20623 | |
11 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, Air Force Headquarters | |
11 Sep 1942: | Enlisted 428028 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
AC Smith drowned at Third Basin, The Gorge, Launceston
Son of Major Ronald Edgar Smith and Ethelwyn Mary Smith
Husband of Betty Joan Smith of Newstead, Tasmania
Brother of Flying Officer Ronald Albert Heath Smith 408090 & Cpl Edith Margaret Smith 92151 WAAAF
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