SECOND DECORATION
SYDNEY, August 9. Wing Commander Rollo Kingsford Smith, D.F.C., aged 24, has been granted an immediate award of the D.S.O. The youngest nephew of the late Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, Wing Commander Rollo Kingsford Smith has the unusual distinction of having gained immediate awards of both his decorations. His D.F.C. was won two months dgo. He is now officer commanding the senior R.A.A.F. Lancaster squadron in Britain. His two brothers are both in; the R.A.A.F. John, the eldest, is a squadron leader in an operational unit. Peter, a flying officer who was shot down over Europe, is a prisoner of war in Germany. .They are the sons of Mr. Wilfred Kingsford Smith, who was business manager for his famous brother dur-
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 35, 10 August 1944, Page 3
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123SECOND DECORATION Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 35, 10 August 1944, Page 3
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