Smith, Forbes Strachan, 1891 - 1959

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Name Forbes Strachan Smith, 1891 - 1959BiographyDate of Birth: 22 May 1891, Paddington, Brisbane (Qld.) Date of Death: 24 August 1959, Queensland Buried: Unknown Forbes Strachan Smith was the son William Henry Smith and Jane Strachan who resided at Woodford, Queensland. He was 24 years old, working as a grocer and living in Kilcoy, Queensland when he enlisted on 13 September 1915. Forbes returned to Australia and was discharged medically unfit on 1 July 1918. After the war Forbes was employed as a grocer's assistant in a store at Woodford Road, Caboolture. He married Lavinia Rowlands on 2 January 1924 at St John's Cathedral in Brisbane, Queensland. Forbes was manager of a number of stores in various parts of rural Queensland and finally settled in Kedron, Queensland. His father was a Caboolture Shire Councillor from 1921 to 1930.Birth date22 May 1891Death date24 August 1959

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Smith, Forbes Strachan, 1891 - 1959