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SMITH, Ernest John Morton

Service Numbers:	V28912, VX118980
Enlisted:	1 October 1941, Registered for Service at Yarraville Victoria . Then Called Up and taken on Strength of the 2nd Cavalry Division (Army Service Corps ) for full time duty at Geelong Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
Born:	Williamstown, Victoria, Australia, 23 December 1914
Home Town:	Williamstown (Vic), Hobsons Bay, Victoria
Schooling:	Williamstown State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Fuel Merchant
Died:	Natural Causes , Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, Victoria, Australia, 8 May 1984, aged 69 years
Cemetery:	Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia DVA registration of Grave Site Record with Central Army Records Office Melbourne 1984
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World War 2 Service

1 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V28912, 2nd Cavalry Division Training Squadron, Registered for Service at Yarraville Victoria . Then Called Up and taken on Strength of the 2nd Cavalry Division (Army Service Corps ) for full time duty at Geelong Victoria
30 Nov 1942:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 4th Division Army Service Corps
30 Nov 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX118980, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
24 Nov 1943:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2), Posted to 2/163 General Transport Company in Queensland for duty.
25 Jul 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX118980, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2), Embarkation HT Katoomba for New Guinea with Unit 2/163 General Transport Company
30 Jan 1946:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX118980, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2), RTA 2MD Sydney Conchord Hospital Malaria Discharged medically unfit. ex 2/163 AGTC
29 Mar 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX118980, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)

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Biography contributed by Pam Hamilton

Awards Pacific Star , War Medal & ASM 1939-45