14 Facts About Edward Smart

Edward Smart married twice and his second wife was the Canadian diplomat Margaret Gordon.

Ken Smart was born 23 May 1891 in Kew, an inner suburb of Melbourne, Australia, and was educated at Melbourne Church of England Grammar School.

Edward Smart was commissioned into the Corps of Australian Engineers as a second lieutenant on 18 July 1910.

Edward Smart enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 21 May 1915, and on 17 July the Siege Artillery Brigade embarked upon HMAT Orsova from Melbourne, arriving England 25 August.

Edward Smart arrived in France on 2 March 1916, and saw action at Vimy Ridge in May before becoming involved in the Battle of the Somme from June 1916 to March 1917.

Edward Smart returned to Australia and, from 16 February to 10 September 1920, served as Officer Commanding No 6 Company, Royal Australian Garrison Artillery, 3rd Military District in Victoria.

Edward Smart then returned to England until February 1925 where he served in a number of positions:.

On return to Australia, Edward Smart served in a number of positions until January 1936:.

On 16 January 1936, Edward Smart took up the position of Military Liaison Officer in the High Commissioner's Office in London, serving there until 25 August 1939, being promoted to brevet colonel in July 1937.

On return to Australia, and the outbreak of the Second World War, on 13 October 1939 Edward Smart was promoted to major general and appointed QuarterMaster General and 3rd Military Member of the Military Board at Army Headquarters in Melbourne.

Edward Smart remained in this position until his retirement from the Australian Army on 2 July 1946.

From London Edward Smart proceeded to San Francisco where he served as Australian Consul-General from 1946 to 1949, and then to New York, where he continued to serve as Australian Consul-General, from 1946 until his retirement in 1954 to Melbourne with his second wife.

Edward Smart had married the Canadian diplomat Margaret Gordon in 1953.

Edward Smart's recreations were walking and motoring, and his club was the Navy, Army and Air Force Club in Melbourne.