Donald Ian SMITH

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Service Number:	23968
Enlisted:	1 February 1940, Melbourne, VIC
Last Rank:	Petty Officer
Last Unit:	HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2
Born:	Port Wakefield, South Australia, Australia , 13 July 1916
Home Town:	Tailem Bend, Murray Bridge, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, At Sea, 4 March 1942, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Plymouth Naval Memorial, Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom Panel 73 Col 2
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Fremantle HMAS Perth (I) Memorial, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea

1 Feb 1940:	Involvement 23968, HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2
1 Feb 1940:	Enlisted Melbourne, VIC
1 Feb 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Petty Officer, 23968
Date unknown:	Involvement

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H.M.A.S. Perth
Royal Australian Navy

Son of Ernest Edwin and Grace Ina Amanda Smith, of Tailem Bend, South Australia.