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Born in Hamilton, Brisbane, Australia
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He graduated from Sydney Technical College as an Electrical Engineer at the age of 16.
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Kingsford Smith enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force that year. He embarked with the 4th Signal Troop, 2nd Division Signal Company, as a sapper and served at Gallipoli. After that, as a dispatch rider, he served in Egypt and France.
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As a sergeant, he transferred to the Australian Flying Corps.
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At Marble Bar, Western Australia, he married Thelma Eileen Hope Corboy
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In a three-engined Fokker plane, the 'Southern Cross', with Charles Ulm and two American crewmen, he took off from Oakland, California and flew via Hawaii and Suva to Brisbane.
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Kingsford Smith, Ulm, Litchfield and Mc Williams take off from Sydney to fly to England, but were lost for 12 days at 'Coffee Royal' in north-western Australia. They were found by the aeroplane 'Canberra'.
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Kingsford Smith, Ulm, Litchfield and Mc Williams made their first flight from Sydney to London in record time of 12 days 18 hours.
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He had divorced in May 1929, he then married Mary Powell at Scots Church, Melbourne.
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Kingsford Smith's plane, the 'Southern Cloud', flying from Sydney to Melbourne with pilot, co-pilot and six passengers, was lost in severe storms over the Snowy Mountains.
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On the plane 'Lady Southern Cross', with Tommy Pethybridge , he took off from England, aiming to make one more record-breaking flight to Australia.
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Disappeared without a trace over the Bay of Bengal between India and Burma in the plane 'Lady Southern Cross' on a flight from England to Australia. He died that year when his plane crashed into the sea off the Burma coast during an attempt to break the England to Australia speed record.
