Robert Clark Wesley (Robbie) SMITH

SMITH, Robert Clark Wesley

    Service Number: 407258
    Enlisted: 17 August 1940
    Last Rank: Pilot Officer
    Last Unit: Aircrew Training Units
    Born: Perth, Western Australia, 19 November 1919
    Home Town: Adelaide, South Australia
    Schooling: Kings College, Adelaide, South Australia
    Occupation: Clerk, South Australia Department of Lands
    Died: Aircraft accident, Ungarie, New South Wales, Australia, 11 February 1942, aged 22 years
    Cemetery: Mitcham Cemetery, S.A.
    Section E, Path 31, Grave 1162
    Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 2 Service

    17 Aug 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 407258, Aircrew Training Units, Adelaide SA
    17 Aug 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 407258
    18 Aug 1940: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 407258, Aircrew Training Units, Empire Air Training Scheme
    5 Oct 1941: Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, Aircrew Training Units, Promotion gazetted posthumously after death while posted as a staff pilot to 1 Air Observer School, Cootamundra, NSW

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    Biography contributed by David Barlow

    Son of the Reverend John Wesley-Smith and Adeline Wesley-Smith of Christies Beach, SA

    Loss of Avro Anson aircraft AW677 of 1 Air Observer School near Ungarie, NSW - All crew killed:

    Pilot Officer Robert Clark Wesley-Smith (aka Smith, Robert Clark Wesley) 407258

    Aircraftman Roy Eric Farnsworth 35439

    Leading Aircraftman Arthur Didrick Kendall 414356

    Leading Aircraftman John Alfred Spencer 413272

    Leading Aircraftman Henry Heath Fisher 411764

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