SE-13694 PTE J.W.SMITH A.V.C. (on star)
2.LIEUT J.W.SMITH (on BWM & Victory Medal)
John Walter Smith
Born 11/10/1889
Worked pre-war as a Schoolmaster & lived at South View, Via Gellia, Matlock
To France 5/12/15 & served with the Indian Volunteer Hospital A.V.C.
Commissioned as Second Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery 10/6/17
Transferred into the Royal Air Force & attended No.2 Balloon Training Depot, Richmond Park- Click here
Attached to No.46 Balloon Section R.A.F. 28/4/18
Attached to No.41 Balloon Section R.A.F. 6/7/18
Gazetted as T/2.Lieut, Kite Balloons 24/7/18
Promoted Lieut (Flying) 1/12/18
Transferred to the Unemployed List 2/4/19
In September 1939 he was a School Master & A.R.P. Warden living at 'Beulah', Galleywood Road, Chelmsford, Essex
With copy of his MIC, 2 page Digital File of his RAF Officers Papers plus supporting research documentation
Condition: Toned GVF
