SMITH, Arthur Thomas
| Service Number: | S9967 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 May 1941, Unley, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 12 October 1907 |
| Home Town: | Ashford, City of West Torrens, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Storeman |
| Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, 29 April 1998, aged 90 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152449500/arthur-thomas-smith |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 1 May 1941: | Involvement Trooper, S9967 | |
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| 1 May 1941: | Enlisted Unley, SA | |
| 1 May 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S9967 | |
| 26 May 1945: | Discharged | |
| 26 May 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S9967 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Trooper Arthur Thomas Smith (Service No:S9967) enlisted in the ACMF on 1 May 1941 with 18 Light Horse (MG) Regiment. Trooper Smith served with 9 and 26 Motor Regiments, and was with 1 Training Battalion AAOC at Discharge on 24 May 1945.
Arthur was born in Adelaide, South Australia on 1907, youngest of four children of Joseph Fox Smith (b1855 in Dublin, Ireland) and Mary Emma Cook (b1870 in Magill, South Australia. Joseph and Mary married in 1902 in Adelaide, where they settled and raised their family and Joseph worked as a Blacksmith. Mary died in 1917.
Arthur worked as a Warehouseman and Storeman in Adelaide before enlisting in the Army, and in 1943 married Anne (Annie) Tattersall Newman (b1918 in Highgate, South Australia) - Annie was a Packer in Edwardstown. Arthur and Annie settled in Adelaide, where Arthur worked as a Warehouseman and Labourer.
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