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Name: SMITH, William Eric OBE
Birth Date: 26 July 1905 Egremont, Birkenhead
Death Date: 19 Mar 1995 Perth, W. Australia
First Date: 1932
Profession: Asst. Engineer, Posts & Telegraphs Dept., in 1939, appointed 1939. Originally Asst.Telephone Eng. Tanganyika 1932.
Area: Kampala, Tanganyika
Married: 1. 1932 Lilian Elizabeth Pope b. 1908; 2. Phyllis Evelyn Bone b. 19 Jan 1911 Doncaster, d. 19 Dec 2005 W. Australia (prev. m. Harold Raymond Shuttleworth 1911-1941)
Children: 1. Pauline Elizabeth (5 Sep 1933 Kenya-19 Mar 2017); Geoffrey Buchanan (7 Nov 1936 Islington-19 Dec 2022 Church Stretton) 2. Patricia Rosemary (5 Mar 1946 Torquay-19 May 2023 Weston super Mare)
Book Reference: Staff 39, Colonial
School: Liscard High School, Wallasey AMIEE
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