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SMITH, Featherstone
Personal Details
Service Number: | W51707 |
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Enlisted: | 24 February 1942 |
Last Rank: | Sapper |
Last Unit: | Royal Australian Engineers |
Born: | Morro, Vilko, Brazil, 21 February 1900 |
Home Town: | Welbungin, Mount Marshall, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Unknown |
Occupation: | Farm Hand |
Died: | Illness, Karrakatta Military Camp, Western Australia, 29 August 1945, aged 45 years |
Cemetery: |
Perth War Cemetery and Annex, Western Australia Section L, Grave CO 14 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bencubbin War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sapper, W51707 | |
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24 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W51707 | |
29 Aug 1945: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, W51707, Royal Australian Engineers, 10 Store Base Platoon ACMF |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Featherstone SMITH was born in Morro Vilko, Brazil on 21st February, 1900
His parents names are unknown
Before coming to Australia he had previously served in the Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiments of the Army Service Corps in England