Edgar Raymond SMITH

SMITH, Edgar Raymond

Service Numbers: 428028, T20623
Enlisted: 10 October 1941
Last Rank: Aircraftman
Last Unit: Air Force Headquarters
Born: Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia, 20 February 1922
Home Town: Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling: Launceston Technical College, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental (Ground Accident), Third Basin, The Gorge, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia , 7 November 1943, aged 21 years
Cemetery: Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania
Plot B. Row A. Grave 5, Carr Villa General Cemetery, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Evandale No 7 Flying Training School Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement 428028
10 Oct 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, T20623
11 Sep 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, Air Force Headquarters
11 Sep 1942: Enlisted 428028

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

AC Smith drowned at Third Basin, The Gorge, Launceston

 

Son of Major Ronald Edgar Smith and Ethelwyn Mary Smith

Husband of Betty Joan Smith of Newstead, Tasmania

Brother of Flying Officer Ronald Albert Heath Smith 408090 & Cpl Edith Margaret Smith 92151 WAAAF 

 

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