Ivan Lockhart SMITH

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Service Number:	VX44388
Enlisted:	4 July 1940, Caulfield, Victoria
Last Rank:	Major
Last Unit:	1st Parachute Battalion
Born:	Canterbury, Victoria, Australia, 2 May 1915
Home Town:	Balwyn, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Bachelor of Law: grad. 1938)
Occupation:	Law (Articled) Clerk
Died:	Aircraft Accident, Currency Creek, New South Wales, Australia, 14 October 1943, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Newcastle (Sandgate) War Cemetery Plot E, Row C, Grave 4
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

4 Jul 1940:	Involvement Lieutenant, VX44388, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW2
4 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Major, VX44388
4 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Caulfield, Victoria
1 Aug 1940:	Involvement Lieutenant, VX44388, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion
22 Nov 1940:	Involvement Captain, VX44388, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW2
12 Mar 1941:	Embarked Captain, VX44388, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion, HMS Katoomba
6 May 1943:	Involvement Captain, VX44388, 1st Parachute Battalion
28 Jul 1943:	Involvement Major, VX44388, 1st Parachute Battalion

De Havilland Dragon A34-37 of 36SQN (Paratroop Training Unit) crashed at Burner Creek, NSW killing Sergeant Ian Eustace Hollingdale 432005 RAAF

Also killed were Major Ivan Lockhart Smith VX44388 & Lieutenant Denzil Leslie Govett VX29955 of the 1st Parachute Battalion - Australian Infantry

LAC William Edward Barlow 72382 RAAF photographer & Sergeant Richard Elliot Moran NX4501 survived with severe injuries