Arnold Charles SMITH

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SMITH, Arnold Charles

Service Number:	TX9082
Enlisted:	5 May 1943
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Penguin, Tasmania, Australia, 14 April 1925
Home Town:	Penguin, Central Coast, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, Bougainville, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Pacific Islands, 19 May 1945, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Bomana, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, TX9082
5 May 1943:	Enlisted Private, TX9082, 58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
5 May 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX9082, 58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Arnold was the only child of Alma John Charles Smith (born 1899 in Penguin, Tasmania) and Elvinia May Loone (born 1899 in Deloriane, Tasmaia). Alma was a Farm Labourer in Penguin Tasmania in 1923 when he married Elvinia. They settled at Penguin where Alma was a Farmer.

Arnold was eighteen years of age when he enlisted in the ACMF in May 1943, He was a Private with 58.59th Infantry Battalion when he wa KiA at Bougainville on 19 May 1945. Arnold is buried at the Port Moresby (Bomana) Cemetery.

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