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  • SMITH
  • CM
  • COLIN MACPHERSON
  • Semaphore
  • South Australia
  • Mutooroo station, Cockburn
  • Son of Andrew and Jessie Smith, of "Aviemore", Stephen Terrace, Gilberton, South Australia; two older brothers, Ross and Keith, both pilots, won the Great Air Race to Australia in 1919;
  • Queen's School, Adelaide; Warriston School
  • Bank clerk

Military service

  • 2 September 1915
  • Lieutenant
  • 1914-15 Star Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
  • 10th Bn. Australian Infantry
  • 3rd Brigade
  • 1st Australian Division
  • A.I.F.
  • Embarked to France 7 November 1916; promoted Lieutenant June 1917;

Death

  • 6 October Broodseinde
  • Died of gunshot wounds femur and leg, in n°3 Can CCS
  • 6 October 1917
  • 22
  • XXV - C - 1

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