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SMITH, Stanley Edgar
Personal Details
Service Number: | 417018 |
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Enlisted: | 21 April 1941, Kensington, SA |
Last Rank: | Warrant Officer |
Last Unit: | 609 Squadron |
Born: | Hawthorn, VIC, 10 May 1921 |
Home Town: | Glenunga, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Motor Repairs |
Died: | Flying Battle, Netherlands, 23 April 1945, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
Nieuw-Scheemda Protestant Churchyard, Groningen, Netherlands Plot 1. Row 2. Grave 8. |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
21 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Kensington, SA | |
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8 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 417018, 609 Squadron, Adelaide, SA |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Warrant Officer Stanley Edgar Smith 417018 was killed when Hawker Typhoon PD572 of 609 Squadron RAF crashed in Holland
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Fritz Arnold Smith and Ethel Beatrice Smith; husband of Vera Mavis Smith, of Colonel Light Gardens, South Australia.