James Brooks Hamilton (Jimmy) SMITH

SMITH, James Brooks Hamilton

    Service Number: 416630
    Enlisted: 21 July 1941
    Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
    Last Unit: No. 218 Squadron (RAF)
    Born: Maitland, South Australia, 7 March 1923
    Home Town: Maitland, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
    Schooling: Kings College, Kensington Park, South Australia
    Occupation: Farm Hand
    Died: Flying Battle, Netherlands, 23 June 1943, aged 20 years
    Cemetery: Castricum Protestant Cemetery, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
    Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Maitland War Memorial, Medindie Wilderness School Roll of Honour WW2
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    World War 2 Service

    21 Jul 1941: Involvement Flight Sergeant, 416630
    21 Jul 1941: Enlisted Adelaide, SA
    21 Jul 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 416630
    23 Jun 1943: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 416630, No. 218 Squadron (RAF)

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    Biography contributed

    James Brooks Hamilton SMITH was born in Maitland in South Australia on 7th March, 1923

    His parents were William John Hamilton SMITH & Adelaide Mary Belle WILLIAMS who married in St Peters Chuch in Adelaide on 16th September, 1914

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    His brother Colin George Hamilton SMITH (SN 7196) served in the Army during WW2 and died of wounds on 2nd May, 1941 - 2/8 Field Ambulance

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