SMITH, Frederick George Charles
| Service Number: | W83280 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 June 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th (WA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
| Born: | Cottesloe, Western Australia, 13 November 1907 |
| Home Town: | Collie, Collie, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | The University of Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Dentist |
| Died: | Collie, Western Australia, 11 December 1975, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 24 Jun 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W83280 | |
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| 5 Aug 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W83280, 4th (WA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) | |
| Date unknown: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W83280 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Frederick George Charles Smith (Service No:W3280) initially served in the RAN Reserve before enlisting in the ACMF on 24 June 1942. Private Smith was attached to 4 Battalion (Bunbury) VDC at Discharge on 5 August 1944.
Fred was born in Cottesloe in Fremantle, Western Australia in 1907, eldest of two children of Ernest Frederick Smith (b1874 in Daylesford, Victoria) and Maria Regina Finch (b1872 in Smeaton, Victoria). Ernest was a Striker with the WAGR in 1896, and he and Maria married in Fremantle in 1902. Ernest and Maria lived in Fremantle and Cottesloe, where they raised their family and Ernest was a Blacksmith.
Fred studied Dentistry at The University of Western Australia and in 1936 in Perth, married Norma (Poppy) Erica Smith (b1912 in Donnybrook, Western Australia). Fred and Poppy settled in Collie, where they raised their family and Fred was a Dentist. In 1941 Fred lost his right eye as a result of a motor vehicle accident. Following Fred's death in 1975, Poppy moved to Bunbury where she died in 2004.