SMITH , Andrew William Dalzell
| Service Number: | Q135348 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 17 March 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies |
| Born: | Barrhead, Renfrewshire, Scotland, 7 June 1899 |
| Home Town: | Gympie, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shop Assistant |
| Died: | Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 19 November 1970, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Gympie Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 17 Mar 1942: | Involvement Sergeant, Q135348 | |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Mar 1942: | Enlisted | |
| 17 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, Q135348, Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies | |
| 8 Apr 1946: | Discharged | |
| 8 Apr 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, Q135348, Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Andrew was the youngest of two children of Andrew Smith Snr (born 1870 in Scotland) and Margaret (Maggie) Sinclair Gold Hunter (born 1873 in Scotland). Andrew Snr was a Tailor in 1901 in Renfrewshire,Scotland where he married Maggie. Their two children were born in Renfrewshire, where Andrew Snr worked as a Tailor and Clothier until 1911 when the family immigrated to Brisbane, QLD. Andrew Snr worked as a Tailor and Tailor's Cutter in Brisbane and at Oakley on the Darling Downs before the family settled in Goondiwindi, QLD in the early 1920's. Andrew Snr was a Tailor's Cutter in Goondiwindi. Following Maggie's death in 1939, Andrew Snr and his daughter moved to brisbane, QLD.
Andrew Jnr started work as a Shop Assistant and a Grocer in Goondiwindi, QLD, moving to Nambour in the early 1930s before settling in Gympie, QLD in 1936.
Andrew was a Shop Assistant in Gympie, QLD when he enlisted in the ACMF in March 1942. He was a Sergeant (Service No:Q135348) with 17 Works Coy when he was Discharged in April 1946.
In 1947 in Gympie, QLD Andrew married Gladys Maud Jefferson (born 1909 in Gympie, QLD). Maud was working as a Clerk and Andrew was a Shop Assistant. By 1958 Andrew and Gladys moved to Maryborough, QLD where Andrew was Department Manager. Andrew died in 1970 and Gladys in 1978.