LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Frank Henry SMITH
Service No: 430562
Born: Horsham VIC, 1 August 1923
Enlisted in the RAAF: 18 February 1943
Unit: No. 1 Service Flying Training School (RCAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident, Ontario, 21 April 1944, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Barrie Union Cemetery, Barrie, Ontario, Canada
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Sydney Francis and Elizabeth Lucretia Smith, of Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia
Roll of Honour: Horsham VIC
Remembered: Panel 133, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 21 April 1944, Trainee Pilot Leading Aircraftman Smith, flying from Camp Borden on a solo cross country flight, crashed at about 1500 hours three miles north west of Orangeville, Ontario, and he was killed.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/38/499