SMART, Lionel William Thomson
| Service Number: | VX21876 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 6 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Ararat, Victoria, Australia, 17 February 1916 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Illness, Seymour, Victoria, Australia, 21 October 1940, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
St Kilda Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX21876 | |
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| 6 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX21876, 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Lionel was the youngest of four children of Thomas Henry Smart (b1879 in Ararat, Victoria) and Susan (Susie) Golding Thomson (b1876 in Buninyong, Victoria). Thomas - a Miner - and Susie married in 1910 in Ararat, Victoria where they settled and raised their family.
Lionel served with the Militia (Service No:450459; March to September 1939) with 15th Field Brigade before enlisting with the Australian Army. He was a Private (Service No:VX21876) attached to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion when he died in 1940. Older brother Stuart Henry Thomson Smart also served in the Militia (Sapper; Service No:443033) and the Australian Army (Sapper; Service No:NX54281). Brothers-in-Law William John Downie (Leading Aircraftman; Service No:59750) and Keith Oswald Clyde Abson (Private; Service No:VX21285) also served in WWII.