SMART, Fredrick Lewis
| Service Number: | VX113368 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 October 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28 Infantry Battalion AMF |
| Born: | Ararat, Victoria, Australia, 26 October 1923 |
| Home Town: | Ararat, Ararat, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Apprentice Hairdresser |
| Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 20 August 1988, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 2 Service
| 5 Oct 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SN VX113368, 28 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
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| 19 Aug 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SN VX113368, 28 Infantry Battalion AMF |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Fred was the youngest 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.
Fred was a Apprentice Hairdresser when he enlisted in the ACMF (Private; Service No:V240316) and was attached to 38th Infantry battalion when he was Discharged on 4 October 1942 to transfer to the Australian Army. Fred served as a Private (Service No:VX113368) with 28th and 38th Infantry Battalions and 3 Australian Base Ordnance Depot. He was at Adelaide River in the Northern Territory (26 June 1943 - 23 December 1944) and in New Briton (24 December 1944 - 14 February 1946) and was Discharged in August 1946. Brother Sydney Walter (Sapper; Service No:VX71284) and Cousins Mervyn Goulbourne 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.
In 1947 Fred was a Hairdresser in Ararat, Victoria when he married Jocelyn Beatrice Millington (b1924 in Ararat, Victoria). They settled at Wannon, Victoria where Fred was a Hairdresser before relocating to Melbourne. Fred died in 1988.