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Old 13-08-16, 07:28 PM
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Default "Digger" Smith.......Singapour.....

© IWM (FE 45)
Thumbs up from "Digger" Smith as he disembarks.
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...what happened to him....did he got out of it in 1945.....????
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Old 13-08-16, 10:49 PM
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Default Digger Smith

Gunner Smith, William John. NX30538. 2/15th. Fld. Reg. AIF.
Born: 20th. Feb. 1917, Condoblin NSW
Enlisted: 29-05-1940, Paddington (Sydney) NSW
Taken prisoner Malaya 16-02-1942
Released: 15-08-1945
Discharged: 30-01-1946
Overseas service: Malaya, 17-09-1941 to 27-10-1945

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Old 13-08-16, 11:22 PM
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Thank God.....Hopefully, after all the excitement of being liberated....and returning to civilian life......he had a goood life...he deserved it.

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