SMITH, Ian William Balen
| Service Number: | 2788144 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 February 1969 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) |
| Born: | Mortdale, NSW, 16 January 1947 |
| Home Town: | Carindale, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Sydney Technical High School |
| Occupation: | Finance Manager |
| Died: | Cancer, 1 June 2002, aged 55 years, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Queensland Garden of Remembrance (Pinnaroo), Qld, Sydney Technical High School Vietnam War Honour Board |
Vietnam War Service
| 8 Feb 1969: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lance Corporal, 2788144 | |
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| 8 Feb 1969: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Lance Corporal, 2788144, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
2788144 SMITH, Ian William Balen.
16 January 1947 - June 2002.
I am writing to inform the members that Ian Smith passed away some eight months ago (June 2002) with cancer. I only found out recently through my accountant, who was a good friend of Smithy's.
Smithy worked at Hastings Deering in Brisbane as a finance manager for about 20 years, was made redundant and then set himself up as tobacconist-gift shop in a large shopping centre (Caindale) in Brisbane.
It was a very successful business and during the process of setting up another similar business became ill and subsequently discovered he had cancer. It was only a couple of months later that he passed away.
Although he and I weren't particularly good mates, it's always a shock to hear that one of the boys has 'checked out'.
Ian served with 2 platoon A Company 2nd Tour.
Graham 'Steiny' Itzein.