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Mervin John Smart

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Mervin John Smart

Birth
Brighton, Holdfast Bay City, South Australia, Australia
Death
31 Aug 1943 (aged 21)
Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire Unitary Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Burial
Harrogate, Harrogate Borough, North Yorkshire, England Add to Map
Plot
Sec. C. Row B. Grave 10.
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416798 Flight Sergeant, 466 Sqdn, Royal Australian Air Force
Age: 21
Son of John Vivian and Florence May Smart, of Somerton, South Australia.
Killed with the rest of the 5-man crew when his Wellington bomber HZ531 collided on take-off from RAF Leconfield with another aircraft (Wellington LN292)

Crew killed: M.J.Smart, N.H.Fuss, J.B.Mclachlan, G.H.Berry and J.T.Eccleston

View cenotaph at North Brighton Cemetery.
416798 Flight Sergeant, 466 Sqdn, Royal Australian Air Force
Age: 21
Son of John Vivian and Florence May Smart, of Somerton, South Australia.
Killed with the rest of the 5-man crew when his Wellington bomber HZ531 collided on take-off from RAF Leconfield with another aircraft (Wellington LN292)

Crew killed: M.J.Smart, N.H.Fuss, J.B.Mclachlan, G.H.Berry and J.T.Eccleston

View cenotaph at North Brighton Cemetery.

Inscription

'IT WAS HIS PRIVILEGE TO DIE FIGHTING FOR HIS COUNTRY'

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  • Created by: Peter Lucas
  • Added: Mar 17, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49855226/mervin_john-smart: accessed ), memorial page for Mervin John Smart (24 Jan 1922–31 Aug 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 49855226, citing Stonefall Cemetery and Crematorium, Harrogate, Harrogate Borough, North Yorkshire, England; Maintained by Peter Lucas (contributor 46979965).