Noel Thomas SMITH

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SMITH, Noel Thomas

Service Number:	23735
Enlisted:	14 November 1939, Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Cook
Last Unit:	HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2
Born:	Orange, New South Wales, Australia, 9 November 1921
Home Town:	Orange, Orange Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, At Sea, 30 May 1941, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Orange Cenotaph, Orange WW2 Supreme Sacrifice Honour Board, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 23735, HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2
14 Nov 1939:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Cook, 23735, HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2, Sydney, NSW
Date unknown:	Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 23735

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Thomas and Levenia Smith, of Saratoga, New South Wales, Australia.

Leader (Orange, NSW : 1899 - 1945) Fri 6 Jun 1941

The Leader joins with friends in extending to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Smith, of Rowley Farm, Belgravia, sincere sorrow in the loss of their son Noel Thomas Smith, who is reported to have been killed in a naval battle, off Crete on May 30. Noel was 19½ years or age, and had been attached to the Royal Australian Navy. Besides his parents, he is survived by one sister, Aileen, and two brothers, Lionel and Laurence. His grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Gill, reside in McLachlan Street, Orange.

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