Diary of Ross Smith

Diary of Ross' activities in No. 1 Squadron, A.F.C. 24/10/1916 - 15/2/1918.

Captain Sir Ross Smith K.B.E., M.C., D.F.C., A.F.C. was born in 1892 to Andrew and Jessie (nee Macpherson) in metropolitan Adelaide. Married in 1888, Andrew and Jessie brought up their sons Ross, Keith and Colin on Mutooroo Station where they gained skills in riding and bushcraft. In 1906 the family moved to Andrew Smith's home in Moffat, Scotland, where the brothers studied at Warriston School for two years. The family returned to Australia in 1908. In 1910 Ross toured Britain and the USA with a party of mounted cadets led by Colonel James Rowell.

Ross enlisted in 1914 with the Light Horse and gained his pilot's wings in 1917. He was killed in 1922 in a Viking with Bennett in front of a considerable crowd of onlookers.

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