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Diana Louise Smith was born in New South Wales on 29 November 1951.¹

Diana died on 19 September 2017 in Balwyn Nth, Melbourne, Victoria, at age 65.^1,2 She was cremated at the Springvale Crematorium in Springvale on 28 September 2017.³

Dorothy Blyth Smith was born in New Zealand in 1889.²

She married Charles Herbert Armstrong, son of Frederick Gerard Armstrong and Susan Anne Lally, in New Zealand in 1912.¹

Dorothy died in 1949 in New Zealand.³

He married Joyce Denton, daughter of Norman Guelph Rutherford Denton and Dorothy Esther Forsaith.¹

Edward died on 11 June 1987 in South Australia.² He was cremated at the Centennial Park in Pasadena on 13 June 1987.²

Edwin David Smith was born in Ariah Park, New South Wales, on 1 February 1920.¹

He enlisted in the 2/1 Medium Artillery Regiment, Australian Army (#NX16030) on 21 May 1940 at Randwick, New South Wales.¹
He served for only a few months before being hospitilised with a fractured left hand, then joined the 2/13 Army Field Regiment in Nov 1940, followed by the 2/15 Field Regmt (Artillery) in Feb 1941. On 12 Jul 1941 he embarked on HMAT 7 and arrived in New Guinea on the 24th as part of No.1 Independent Company. He was posted as MIA (believed to be a POW) on 22 Aug 1942 and his records state he was 'presumed dead' on 19 Oct 1945. It is not clear when his family would have known the true events surrounding his death.

Edwin died on 1 July 1942 at age 22 in the sinking of the Japanese ship Montevideo Maru, which was torpedoed by the American submarine Sturgeon when carrying Australian POWs from Rabaul to Hainan.² He is commerated at the Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery.^3,4

Elizabeth Smith was born in Scotland circa 1842.¹

She married Frederick Cross, son of John Cross and Agnes Dorroch, at the County Buildings in Edinburgh, Midlothian, on 7 January 1862. He described himself as a 'Mercantile Clerk', while she was a spinster, but both her parents (Robert SMITH, teacher, and Eleanor GORDON) were deceased. Given that both of them were under age (he 19, she 20), the marriage was performed under a warrant, and she was permitted to marry by James LIDDELL, grocer, and Harry LIDDELL, schoolmaster, presumably her guardians.¹

Esther Clara Smith was born at Private Hospital, Leurs St in Coolamon, New South Wales, on 20 April 1914.¹

She married Ralph Dunstan Paul, son of George Paul and Evelyn Jessie Mitchell, at St Paul's Church in Chatswood, Sydney, New South Wales, on 10 March 1945.²

She was widowed at age 42 on the death of her husband Ralph on 3 February 1957.^3,4,5

Esther died on 26 April 1979 at St Leonards (Royal Nth Shore) Hospital in Sydney, New South Wales, at age 65 from pneumonia, post-operative oedema, coma and ongoing diabetes. The informant was her son an unknown person.⁶ She was cremated at the Northern Suburbs Crematorium on 30 April 1979.⁶

Ethel Ada Smith was born in New Zealand on 27 May 1883.¹

She married Frederick Henry Wohlers Traill, son of Arthur William Traill and Gretchen (Kerekini) Wohlers, in Invercargill, Southland, on 31 October 1905.^2,3,4

Ethel died on 2 February 1943 in New Zealand at age 59.⁵ She was buried at the Halfmoon Bay Cemetery.⁶

Frances Adelaide Smith was born in Stoke Eddington, Buckinghamshire, on 9 August 1875.^2,3

She married Alfred Rowley Forsaith, son of Henry Spencer Forsaith and Elizabeth Rowley, in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, on 30 April 1910.^1,4

She was listed in the 1911 census at The Ferns, Upton Rd in Bexley Heath, Kent, with her husband Alfred; he was an insurance official.²

She was listed in the 1921 census at 'Engadine', Stansol Rd in Bexley, Kent, with her husband Alfred; he was an insurance official at the Ocean Accident Insurance Corp. Their child John was listed as living with them, and the household included two visitors.⁵

She was widowed at age 46 on the death of her husband Alfred on 11 February 1922.^1,6,7

She was appointed executrix of Alfred Rowley Forsaith's estate in London on 1 April 1922, it being valued at £4093/19/8.⁷

She was listed in the 1939 Register at 42 Maxwell Ave in Bexley, Kent. John Rowley Forsaith was listed as living at the same address.³

Frances died on 24 February 1964 in Bridge, Kent, at age 88.^8,9

George Howard Selby Smith was born in Thornhill, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, on 16 February 1925.^1,2

Margaret, George and Jeremy arrived in London on 1 April 1932 from Australia on the Moldavia, with their parents Ronald and Honor.³

In the period 1948-50 he spent eighteen months with the Falklands Islands Hydrographic Survey team, serving several months aboard the John Biscoe.⁴

George's marriage to Susan Hannah Spearman was registered between January 1954 and March 1954 in Tavistock, Devon.^5,6

He was Captain of the RRS Shackleton on the 1973-74 British Geophysics voyage in the Scotia and Weddell Seas and also for the 1977-78 voyage for a University of Birmingham party.⁷

George died on 17 August 2016 in Ballycummin, Easky, Co. Sligo, at age 91.^8,9

His will was probated in Bristol on 20 January 2017.⁸

James Smith was born in Stoke Damerel, Devon, on 25 July 1866.^2,3

James's marriage to Elizabeth Jane Mitchell, daughter of William Mitchell and Jemima Cradick, was registered between July 1888 and September 1888 in East Stonehouse, Devon.^1,4

He was listed in the 1891 census as Head of Family at 83 James St in Devonport, Devon, with his wife Elizabeth; he was a farm labourer.⁵
He was listed as the son-in-law of William Mitchell in the 1901 Census at 4 Vera Cottages in Plymouth, Devon, and was working as a hammerman in the Royal Navy dockyard.¹

John Mitchell and James Smith were appointed executors of William Mitchell's estate in London on 20 February 1902.⁶

He was listed in the 1911 census as Head of Family at 4 Vera Cottages in Plymouth, Devon, with his wife Elizabeth; he was a striker in galvanising at H.M. Dockyard.²

He was listed in the 1921 census as Head of Family at 4 Vera Cottage in Plymouth, Devon, with his wife Elizabeth; he was a skilled labourer at the Devonport dockyard.⁷

He was widowed on the death of his wife Elizabeth before September 1939.

He was listed in the 1939 Register at 4 Alvington Terrace in Plymouth, Devon; he was now a retired hammerman from H.M. dockyards and widowed.³