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SMITH, Dick
Personal Details
Service Number: | 401713 |
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Enlisted: | 28 March 1941 |
Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 19 August 1910 |
Home Town: | Brighton, Bayside, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Ground Battle, Aldwych, London, England, United Kingdom, 30 June 1944, aged 33 years |
Cemetery: |
Brookwood Military Cemetery, Pirbright, Surrey, England, United Kingdom |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maryborough WW2 RAAF Enlistment Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 401713 | |
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28 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 401713 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Flight Sergeant Oswald Edward Ferguson 3913 BEM (British Empire Medal) of 10SQN RAAF and Flying Officer Dick Smith 401713 of Number 196 (Glider-Towing) Squadron (196SQN) RAF based at Keevil, England were killed by a flying bomb at Aldwych in London, England
Two RAAF officers were injured - FLTLT Greville 406845 and FO Burney 412896