
SMITH, Irwin Leo
Service Number: | Q194602 |
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Enlisted: | 15 July 1940 |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia, 26 November 1911 |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Aircraft accident, Archerfield Airfield, Queensland, Australia , 27 March 1943, aged 31 years |
Cemetery: |
Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld ANZ 7 75 11 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Lieutenant, Q194602 | |
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15 Jul 1940: | Enlisted | |
15 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, Q194602 | |
27 Mar 1943: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Thomas Henry and Emily Elvina Smith of Willoughby, NSW
Australian Army Lieutenant Irwin Leo Smith of Australian Army Headquarters Q194602
Douglas DC3 (C-47) VH-CTB, A30-16 (A65-2) of 36 Squadron RAAF Townsville was involved in a fatal accident at Archerfield Aerodrome with a total of all 23 personnel on board killed making this the 10th Worst Air Disaster in Australia (see ozatwar for more info). The crew of four RAAF personnel were killed as were all passengers consisting of 17 Australian and 2 American personnel.
RAAF Personnel:
400454 Flying Officer Alexander Kenn Arnold (pilot) 36 Squadron RAAF
Sergeant Joseph Hammond (co-pilot) 36 Squadron RAAF
Sergeant Lyle Carter Morgan (Wireless Operator) 36 Squadron RAAF
LAC Samuel Ivan Wiles (Fitter) 36 Squadron RAAF
Sergeant John Atherton HQ North Eastern Area, Townsville
LAC Thomas William Beckley 20 Signals Unit, Townsville
Pilot Officer David Andrew Blackley 20 Signals Unit, Townsville
LAC John Edward Chinner 3 Fighter Sector, Townsville
Sergeant Robert William Tylden Chisholm 1 Reserve Personnel Pool, Garbutt
LAC Kevin Francis Flanagan 9 Mobile Fighter Sector, Milne Bay
LAC Charles Paton Eric Fly 12 Signals Unit, Townsville
Sergeant Max Irvenia Thomas Jarvis 28 Radar Finding Unit, Fitzroy Island, Cairns
LAC Terrence Joseph Kelly 12 Signals Unit, Townsville
LAC Kenneth Owen Paton 11 Squadron, RAAF
Pilot Officer Alfred Tatlock 20 Signals Unit, Townsville
LAC Geoffrey Frederick Waters 1 Transport and Movement Office, Sydney
Corporal Thomas Keith McDowell Watt 28 Radar Finding Unit, Fitzroy Island, Cairns
WAAAF Personnel:
Corporal Violet May Gunning WAAAF Brisbane W/T Station
Corporal Ruth Ada Hills WAAAF Brisbane W/T Station
ACW Florence May Jackson WAAAF Brisbane W/T Station
US Army Personnel: Major Eugene H. Halliwell (0-393127) and 1st Lieutenant Francis M. Skinner (0-430024)