SMITH, Ernest Edward Frederick
| Service Number: | F2556/20 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 September 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Able Seaman |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2 |
| Born: | Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia, 10 March 1920 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Indian Ocean, 20 November 1941, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Carnarvon HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Carnarvon Walk of Remembrance, Geraldton HMAS Sydney II Honour Roll, Geraldton HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Subiaco Fallen Soldiers Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 2 Sep 1939: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, F2556/20 | |
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| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Able Seaman, F2556/20, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2 | |
| 5 May 1940: | Promoted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, HMAS Cerberus (Shore) | |
| 22 May 1941: | Transferred Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Ernest was the eldest of five children of Stanley (Stan) Edward Frederick Smith (b1901 in Perth WA) and Edith Emily Kirkham (b1898 in Perth WA). Stan (a Horse Driver) and Emily married in 1919 in Perth WA. Stan enlisted in the AIF in March 1918 - as a seventeen year old Farm Hand, he used a false birth date - and was a Private (Service Nos:64930/56392) attached to 7 Reinforcements Egypt when he was Discharged in December 1918. Stan and Emily settled in Perth WA where they raised their family and Stan was a Horse and Truck Driver.
Ernest enlisted in the RAN in September 1939 (Ordinary Seaman; Service No:F2556/20) and served on HMAS Cerberus and HMAS Sydney. He was an Ordinary Seaman when he was KiA on board HMAS Sydney in November 1941.