Charles Verney SMITH MID

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Service Number:	NX21697
Enlisted:	27 May 1940
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	Australian Army Postal Corps
Born:	Rutherglen, Victoria, Australia, 2 March 1914
Home Town:	Lavender Bay, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Mail Officer (Postmaster Generals~ {PMG} Dept.)
Died:	Accidental (Signal van overturned), New Guinea, 31 December 1943, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Location ~ Plot CC. Row D. Grave 1. Inscription ~ "His duty, nobly done."
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Captain, NX21697
27 May 1940:	Enlisted NX21697
22 Jun 1943:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain, Australian Army Postal Corps, Transferred to 9 Divisional Postal Unit. Killed in single vehicle accident on steep grade, New Guinea.
26 Oct 1944:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Exceptional services in the New Guinea area.

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