Francis Owen (Frank) SMITH

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SMITH, Francis Owen

Service Number:	422062
Enlisted:	24 April 1942
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	No. 100 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Manilla, New South Wales, Australia, 25 January 1922
Home Town:	Kempsey, Kempsey, New South Wales
Schooling:	Kempsey High School, New South Wales. Australia
Occupation:	Salesman
Died:	Flying Battle, Milak, New Guinea, 13 March 1945, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery Plot KK. Row C. Grave 13.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kempsey Streets of Honour, Maryborough No. 3 Wireless Air Gunners' School Memorial Wall

World War 2 Service

24 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 422062, Aircrew Training Units
13 Jun 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 422062, No. 100 Squadron (RAAF), Aitape - Wewak, New Guinea

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Biography contributed by Graham Prior

423203 Flt Sgt John Lockrey had signed Frank's autograph book. Frank had inscribed the front page of his own book "When your days of life are over/ And life's pathway you have trod/ May your name be ever written in the autograph of God" perhaps an appropriate epitaph for them both.

Francis Smith Place, Kempsey is named for him.

STREETS OF HONOUR - The Macleay Valley's Tribute to its silent heroes.

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