Thomas Giles SMAIL

SMAIL, Thomas Giles

Service Number: 400184
Enlisted: 23 June 1940, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 7 August 1915
Home Town: Gardenvale, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Flying Battle, Baheira, Middle East, 17 March 1942, aged 26 years
Cemetery: Tobruk War Cemetery, Tobruk, Libya
Collective grave 2, Row B, Grave 28 Headstone - At the going down of the sun and in the morning we remember Roll of Honour - Gardenvale
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Sergeant, 400184
23 Jun 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 400184, Enlisted at Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Thomas and Catherine Smail of Gardenvale, Victoria

Plane was Blenheim C4 104 near Baheira, Middle East. While on air operations his plane collided with another aircraft in mid air resuting in the the loss of both crews