SMITH, Ivan Lockhart
Service Number: | VX44388 |
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Enlisted: | 4 July 1940, Caulfield, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Major |
Last Unit: | 1st Parachute Battalion |
Born: | Canterbury, Victoria, Australia, 2 May 1915 |
Home Town: | Balwyn, Boroondara, Victoria |
Schooling: | University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Bachelor of Law: grad. 1938) |
Occupation: | Law (Articled) Clerk |
Died: | Aircraft Accident, Currency Creek, New South Wales, Australia, 14 October 1943, aged 28 years |
Cemetery: |
Newcastle (Sandgate) War Cemetery Plot E, Row C, Grave 4 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
4 Jul 1940: | Involvement Lieutenant, VX44388, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW2 | |
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4 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Major, VX44388 | |
4 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Caulfield, Victoria | |
1 Aug 1940: | Involvement Lieutenant, VX44388, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion | |
22 Nov 1940: | Involvement Captain, VX44388, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW2 | |
12 Mar 1941: | Embarked Captain, VX44388, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion, HMS Katoomba | |
6 May 1943: | Involvement Captain, VX44388, 1st Parachute Battalion | |
28 Jul 1943: | Involvement Major, VX44388, 1st Parachute Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
De Havilland Dragon A34-37 of 36SQN (Paratroop Training Unit) crashed at Burner Creek, NSW killing Sergeant Ian Eustace Hollingdale 432005 RAAF
Also killed were Major Ivan Lockhart Smith VX44388 & Lieutenant Denzil Leslie Govett VX29955 of the 1st Parachute Battalion - Australian Infantry
LAC William Edward Barlow 72382 RAAF photographer & Sergeant Richard Elliot Moran NX4501 survived with severe injuries