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THE ADELAIDE WELCOME: 1920 (March 23) invitation and programme for the "Welcome Home To Captain Sir Ross Smith and Crew, Tendered by Members and Friends of the 3rd Light Horse Regiment" and held at the Tivoli Theatre, Grote Street, Adelaide". (2 items).
The programme lists the stops en route, dates, distances travelled and provides the names and photographs of all four crew members as well as technical details of the aeroplane. All crew members spoke, as did the Premier of South Australia, and the Lord Mayor of Adelaide.
Ross Smith enlisted in 1914, into the 3rd Light Horse Regiment, landing at Gallipoli 13 May 1915. In 1917, he volunteered for the Australian Flying Corps. He was later twice awarded the Military Cross and the Distinguished Flying Cross three times, becoming an air ace with 11 confirmed aerial victories. Smith was pilot for T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) and fought in aerial combat missions in the Middle East. He is mentioned several times in Lawrence's book, Seven Pillars of Wisdom.
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