John Charles SMITH

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SMITH, John Charles

Service Number:	46425
Enlisted:	12 February 1942
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots
Born:	Mosman Park, Western Australia, 24 December 1909
Home Town:	Cottesloe, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Jeweller
Died:	Fremantle, Western Australia, 19 January 1983, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
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World War 2 Service

12 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 46425, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots
30 Nov 1945:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 46425, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Leading Aircraftman John Charles Smith (Service No:46425) enlisted in the RAAF at No 4 Recruiting Centre Perth on 12 February 1942 as an Aircraftman I - mustered as Storehand and re mustered as Electroplater. Promoted to Leading Aircraftman in 1944, LAC Smith served with 1 Aircraft Depot Laverton, and was attached to 4 Aircraft Depot at Discharge on 30 November 1945.

John was the youngest of two children of Ernest Frederick Smith (b1874 in Daylesford, Victoria) and Maria Regina French (b1872 in Smeaton, Victoria). Ernest was working for the WAGR in Fremantle as a Striker in 1896, and he and Maria married in Fremantle in 1902. Ernest and Maria settled in Cottesloe, where they raised their family and Ernest worked as a Striker and Blacksmith.

John finished schooling and in 1924 started a six year Apprenticeship with Levinson & Son Jewellers in Perth. In 1937 he was a Jeweller in Cottesloe when he married Edna Emmalyn Tychsen (b1909 in Melbourne, Victoria). John and Edna settled in Cottesloe, where they raised their family and John was a Jeweller with Levinson & Sons when he enlisted in the RAAF in 1942. Following his Discharge, John and Edna lived in Cottesloe, South Perth and Fremantle, where John worked as a Jeweller. John died in 1983 and Edna in 1988.

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