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Charles Kingsfor Smith was born to William Charles Smith,and his wife Catherine Mary, née Kingsford.
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Sapper and served in Gallipoli and, as a dispatch rider, in Egypt and France
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Commissioned as second lieutenant
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Earned his wings
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HE first worked in Sydeny with the Diggers' Aviation Co. and then as a salaried pilot for Norman Brearley's Western Australian Airways Ltd.
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Married Thelma Eileen Hope Corboy at Marble Bar, Western Australia
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Charles and good freind Keith raised the capital to buy two Bristol Tourers by operating a trucking business from Carnarvon, the Gascoyne Transport Co.
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Kingsford Smith and Ulm completed a round-Australia circuit in 10 days, 5 hours, a notable achievement with minimal navigational aids
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They returned to Sydney to operate with Charles Ulm as Interstate Flying Services
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he took off from Oakland, California, on 31 May 1928 and flew via Hawaii and Suva to Brisbane, completing the historic crossing in 83 hours, 38 minutes, of flying time.
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Divored Thelma
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Kingsford Smith's airline, Australian National Airways, began operations in January 1930
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married Mary Powell on 10 December 1930 at Scots Church, Melbourne
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April 1931 he flew the Southern Cross on an emergency mission to pick up mail for Australia from a damaged Imperial Airways plane in Timor
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Knighted for the service in aviation
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8th November 1935 disappeared over the Andaman sea. 18 months later the plane was found was found but not the body
