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kingsford smith was born
kingsford smith was born -
became a clerk with the canadian pacific railways
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family returned to sydney
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enlisted in the australian imperial force
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as sergeant ,he transferred to the australian flying corps
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he served as an r.f.c flying instructor
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he done an air race from england to australia
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he worked first in sydney with another joy riding organisation
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he got married to thelma eileen hope corboy
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he formed a partnership with pilot keith anderson
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they returned to sydney to operate as a interstate flying services
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flew to via hawaii and to suva to brisbane
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was forced to land on the flats of the glenelg river because he was losing radio contact.
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piloting one of the new Avro Ten planes on the Sydney –Melbourne.
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he got re-married to Mary Powell
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he flew to Sydney to Melbourne with six passengers.
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knighted for services to avaition
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A flight to New Zealand failed to persuade the New Zealand government.
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kingsford smith and tailor then flew lady Southern Cross from Brisbane to San Francisco in oct-nov in order to sell it.
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his plane crashed and burned and he didn’t survive