This British surname is barrelled, being made up of multiple names. The subject's surname should be written as "Kingsford Smith", not Smith.
Sir
Charles Kingsford Smith
MC AFC
Kingsford Smith in 1932
Born
(1897-02-09)9 February 1897
Brisbane, Colony of Queensland
Died
8 November 1935(1935-11-08) (aged 38)
Andaman Sea
Cause of death
Crashed in the sea off Burma
Nationality
British subject[1][2]
Australian
Other names
Smithy
Known for
First non-stop crossing of the Australian mainland
Trans-Pacific flight
England to Australia air race
Awards
Knight Bachelor
Military Cross
Air Force Cross
Segrave Trophy
Aviation career
Full name
Charles Edward Kingsford Smith
Air force
Australian Flying Corps
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
Battles
World War I
Gallipoli campaign
Western Front
Rank
Captain (substantive)
Air commodore (honorary)
Sir Charles Edward Kingsford SmithMC AFC (9 February 1897 – 8 November 1935), nicknamed Smithy, was an Australian aviation pioneer. He piloted the first transpacific flight and the first flight between Australia and New Zealand.
Kingsford Smith was born in Brisbane. He grew up in Sydney, leaving school at the age of 16 and becoming an engineering apprentice. He joined the Australian Army in 1915 and was a motorcycle despatch rider on the Gallipoli campaign. He later transferred to the Royal Flying Corps and was awarded the Military Cross in 1917 after being shot down. After the war's end, Kingsford Smith worked as a barnstormer in England and the United States before returning to Australia in 1921. He subsequently joined West Australian Airways as one of the country's first commercial pilots.
In 1928, Kingsford Smith completed the first transpacific flight, a three-leg journey from California to Brisbane via Hawaii and Fiji. He and his co-pilot Charles Ulm became celebrities, together with crew members James Warner and Harry Lyon. In the same year he and Ulm completed the first non-stop flight across Australia from Melbourne to Perth and the first non-stop flight from Australia to New Zealand. They subsequently established Australian National Airways, but the airline and Kingsford Smith's other business ventures failed to achieve commercial success. He continued to participate on air races and attempt other aviation feats.
In 1935, Kingsford Smith and his co-pilot Tommy Pethybridge disappeared over the Andaman Sea while attempting to break the Australia–England speed record. He was fêted as a national hero during the Great Depression and received numerous honours during his lifetime. After his death Sydney's primary airport was named in his memory and he was featured on the Australian twenty-dollar note for several decades.
^Citizenship in Australia Archived 9 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine – National Archives of Australia
^"Australian nationality law". Visaparaaustralia.com. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012.
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