SMART, Harold James
| Service Numbers: | V58207, 56560 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 August 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Ararat, Victoria, Australia, 31 December 1908 |
| Home Town: | Ararat, Ararat, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 17 June 1987, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Ballarat New Cemetery and Crematorium, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 6 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V58207 | |
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| 26 May 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 56560 | |
| 19 Jun 1945: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 56560 | |
| Date unknown: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V58207 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Harold was the eldest of four children of James Tregillis Smart (b1883 in Ararat, Victoria) and Harriet Elizabeth Paynter (b1865 in Ampitheatre, Victoria). James - a Labourer - and Harriet married in 1908 in Ararat, Victoria where they settled to raise their family. James served in WWI as a Private (Service No:6353).
Harold was a Labourer in Stawell, Victoria when he married Vera Cornwell (b1911 in Ararat, Victoria) in 1932. Harold and Vera settled in Ararat and in August 1940 Harold enlisted with the ACMF (Private; Service No:V58207). In May 1942 he enlisted in the RAAF (Leading Aircraftman; Service No:56560) and was attached to 1 Wireless and Gunnery School when he was Discharged in June 1945. Vera died in 1944.
Brothers Leslie Raymond (Trooper; Service No:VX77231) and Henry Roy (Flying Officer; Service No:42866) also served in WWII.
Harold remarried in 1945 to Norma Clarice White (b1924) and they settled in Ballarat, Victoria where Harold worked as a Carpenter. Harold died in 1987.
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