Stanley William SMETHURST

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SMETHURST, Stanley William

Service Number:	418014
Enlisted:	24 April 1942
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	St Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 16 March 1923
Home Town:	Pakenham, Cardinia, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Flying Accident), Camden, New South Wales, Australia, 30 September 1943, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Camden War Cemetery Plot E Row A Grave 11, Camden War Cemetery, Camden, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, 418014
24 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 418014

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Edwin E Smethurst (1882~ 1953) and Annie Pauline nee Tschampion Smethurst (1898 ~ 1996) of Pakenham East, Victoria.

He is mentioned on the Community Roll of Honour in Pakenham Vic.

Sergeant Smethurst 418014 was the pilot of 78SQN Kittyhawk A29-455 which crashed at The Oaks auxiliary airfield while on a training exercise strafing the airfield. This exercise was in conjunction with the 54th Australian Anti-Aircraft Regiment which erected gun positions adjacent to the airfield. The aircraft surged at the bottom of a shallow dive and struck the ground.

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