Frank Kenneth SMITH

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SMITH, Frank Kenneth

Service Number:	407450
Enlisted:	12 October 1940, Adelaide
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer
Last Unit:	No. 5 Service Flying Training School Uranquinty
Born:	Glenelg, South Australia, 31 January 1920
Home Town:	Glenelg, Holdfast Bay, South Australia
Schooling:	Pulteney Grammar School, Muirden College
Occupation:	Bank Clerk
Died:	Accidental (Flying Accident), The Rock, New South Wales, Australia , 8 August 1943, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Wagga Wagga War Cemetery Plot A Row A Grave 5
Memorials:	Adelaide Pulteney Grammar School WW2 Honour Roll, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brighton Glenelg District WW2 Honour Roll, Glenelg St Michael's War Chapel WW2 Honour Roll, Glenelg and District WW1 & WW2 Honour Board

World War 2 Service

12 Oct 1940:	Involvement Warrant Officer, 407450
12 Oct 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide
12 Oct 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 407450, No. 5 Service Flying Training School Uranquinty, Adelaide, SA
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Wirraway aircraft A20-584 and A20-215 from Number 5 Service Flying Training School based at Uranquinty collided in mid-air near The Rock (a small town 20 miles south of Wagga in NSW)

Warrant Officer Smith 407450 LAC Chantler 422931 were both killed in aircraft A20-584

LAC Cooper 428633 was killed in A20-215 while Sergeant Leonard Hardie White 413809 was able to parachute to safety - he died while serving with 4OTU as a Pilot Officer (26 November 1943)

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Frank and Lillian Ellen Grizelda Smith, of Glenelg, South Australia

Frank enjoyed Tennis, Lacrosse, Running, Swimming and Cricket

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