Ronald Alfred SMITH

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Service Number:	423365
Enlisted:	20 June 1942
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 251 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	East Sydney, New South Wales, 19 September 1923
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Battle, Off Reykjavik, Iceland, North Atlantic Ocean, North West Europe, 9 November 1944, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial

20 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 423365, Aircrew Training Units
20 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 423365
9 Nov 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 423365, No. 251 Squadron (RAF), Battle of the Atlantic - RAN and RAAF Operations

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Born: 19 Sep 1923, East Sydney, New South Wale

Father Alfred Smith and Mother Maude Matilda Rosaleen Smith, of East Sydney, New South Wales.

20/6/1942 enlisted into RAAF
RAAF Flight Sergeant (Wireless Operator Air)

After training in Canada under the EATS program (BCATP), he was posted
as Flight Sergeant with RAF 251 Squadron at Reykjavic, Iceland.

9/11/1944 died in flying action aged 21 years

His name is commemorated on Panel 261 of the Air Forces Memorial (Runnymede Memorial), Surry, UK.

His name is also commemorated on Panel 130 at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT.

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 5/6/2016. Lest we forget.