Robert Barnsley SMITH
1917 - 1944 (27 years)
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Name Robert Barnsley SMITH Nickname Peter Birth 1917 Picton, NSW, Australia 
Gender Male Electoral Roll 1943 21 Judes St, Bowral, NSW, Australia [1] Shop Assistant Death 09 Apr 1944 Bourn, Cambridgeshire, UK - Peter died Flying a Mosquito IX ML921 GB-X. He spun off the runway on take-off colliding with an obstruction. He was on a testing run. His co-pilot F/L P E Cadman DFC died the following day. In the book 'Low Attack' there is a chapter written by Peter of his first mission. A combined Low Level and Shallow Dive attack on the John Cockerill Steel and Armament Works at Liege. He was in 105 Squadron. Peter was also a Flight Lieutenant DFC in the RAAF. These details were provided by Heather Smith.
Person ID I2299 treeno1 | Gambrill/Smith, GambrillRansley Last Modified 27 Feb 2019
Father Robert Smallwood SMITH, b. 15 Mar 1878 d. 18 Oct 1963, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia (Age 85 years) Mother Ethel Minnie BARNSLEY, b. 1882, Berrima, NSW, Australia d. 6 Nov 1945, St.Judes Street, Bowral, NSW, Australia (Age 63 years) Marriage 1903 Bowral, NSW, Australia Family ID F441 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Birth - 1917 - Picton, NSW, Australia 
Electoral Roll - Shop Assistant - 1943 - 21 Judes St, Bowral, NSW, Australia 
Death - 09 Apr 1944 - Bourn, Cambridgeshire, UK = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Sources - [S531] Ancestry.com. Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Australian Electoral Commission. [Electoral roll], 1943 Bowral Electoral Rolls , (http://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=1207).
- [S531] Ancestry.com. Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Australian Electoral Commission. [Electoral roll], 1943 Bowral Electoral Rolls , (http://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=1207).