Francis Owen (Frank) SMITH

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: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kempsey Streets of Honour
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    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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