SMART, Kenneth Roy
| Service Number: | PM5721 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 February 1943 |
| Last Rank: | Seaman |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Ararat, Victoria, Australia, 3 February 1924 |
| Home Town: | Ararat, Ararat, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Ararat, Victoria, Australia, 15 November 2006, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 2 Service
| 17 Feb 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Seaman, SN PM5721 | |
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| 16 Apr 1946: | Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Seaman, SN PM5721 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Roy was the third of five children of Goulburn Smart (b1897 in Ararat, Victoria) and Myrtle Grace Blythman (b1896 in Beulah, Victoria). Goulburn - a Butcher - and Myrtle married in 1920 in Ararat, Victoria where they raised their family. Goulburn worked for Victorian Railways from the 1920's.
Roy enlisted in the RAN (Service No:PM5721) in February 1943, serving on a number of warships, including HMAS Penguin, Moreton and Cerebus. He was an Ordinary Seaman attached to HMAS Lonsdale when he was Discharged in April 1946. Roy's father Goulburn (Driver; Service No:6747) and Uncle John Tregellis Smart (Private; Service No:6353) served in WWI. Older brother Mervyn (Sergeant; RAAF Service No:401397) was KiA in WWII and many of Roy's cousins and other relatives also served in WWII.
In 1948 Roy married Joan Neasham-Turner (b1925 in Burwood, Victoria). Joan had served in WWII (Private; Service No:VFX129315). Roy and Joan settled in Ararat, Victori where Roy was a Postal Employee. He died in 2006 and Joan died in 2021.