Wing Commander Donald Hamilton Smith

Service number 407256
Ranks Held Flight Lieutenant, Wing Commander
Final Rank Wing Commander
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Unit No. 453 Squadron
Conflict/Operation Second World War, 1939-1945

Rolls

Timeline

Other units 1940 No 3 Elementary Flying Trinaing School, Essendon.
Other units 1940 No 2 Service Flying Training School, Wagga.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) 18/08/1940 No 1 Initial Training School, Somers.
Date promoted 11/10/1941 Pilot officer.
Other units 1941 No 60 Operational Training Unit, East Fortune, Scotland.
Other units 05/1942 No 126 Squadron.
Other units 04/1942 No 452 Squadron.
Other units 03/05/1943 No 41 Squadron.
Date promoted 14/10/1943 Flight lieutenant.
Other units 02/05/1944 Commanding Officer No 453 Squadron.
Date promoted 02/05/1944 Acting squadron leader.
Date promoted 01/07/1944 Squadron leader.
Date promoted 02/1945 Acting wing commander.
Other units 1945 Commanding Officer No 11 Personnel Dispatch and Reception Centre.