Sir Charles Kingsford Smith

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  • Born

    Brisbane Queensland Australia

  • sapper and served in Gallipoli and, as a dispatch rider, in Egypt and France

    sapper and served in Gallipoli and, as a dispatch rider, in Egypt and France

  • as sergeant, he transferred to the Australian Flying Corps and commissioned as second lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps

    as sergeant, he transferred to the Australian Flying Corps and commissioned as second lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps

  • appointed flying officer in May and in July joined No.23

  • Squadron in France promotion to lieutenant

  • Moved to Australia

  • he worked first in Sydney with another joy-riding organization, the Diggers' Aviation Co., and then as a salaried pilot for Norman Brearley's Western Australian Airways Ltd.

  • at Marble Bar, Western Australia, he married Thelma Eileen Hope Corboy.

  • partnership with fellow pilot Keith Anderson air transport in Australia

    partnership with fellow pilot Keith Anderson air transport in Australia

  • Kingsford Smith and Ulm completed a round-Australia circuit in 10 days, 5 hours, a notable achievement with minimal navigational aids

    Kingsford Smith and Ulm completed a round-Australia circuit in 10 days, 5 hours, a notable achievement with minimal navigational aids

  • They raised the capital to buy two Bristol Tourers by operating a trucking business from Carnarvon, the Gascoyne Transport Co., and they returned to Sydney to operate with Charles Ulm as Interstate Flying Services

    They raised the capital to buy two Bristol Tourers by operating a trucking business from Carnarvon, the Gascoyne Transport Co., and they returned to Sydney to operate with Charles Ulm as Interstate Flying Services

  • he married Mary Powell on 10 December 1930 at Scots Church, Melbourne

  • when he was knighted for services to aviation

  • disappeared over the Andaman sea. 18 months later the plane was found was found but not the body