Walter
(Jim)
Fleetwood Smith
Born in Stawell, Victoria, Australia
Ancestors 
Brother of
Pauline (Fleetwood Smith) Mornane and Leslie O'Brien Fleetwood Smith
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 57
in Stawell, Victoria, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Apr 2017
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Biography
Walter "Jim" Fleetwood Smith was born in 1904, the son of Fleetwood Smith and Frances Alice Swan.[1]
Jim was a journalist, following in the footsteps of his mother. He edited the Pleasant Creek News and Stawell Chronicle between 1931 and his death in 1961, aged 57.[2][3]
Sources
- ↑ Walt Fleetwood Smith's birth record at Births, Deaths, Marriages Victoria: Reg. No: 21520; Reg. year: 1904. Retrieved 14 April 2017 by Clare Spring from https://online.justice.vic.gov.au/bdm/indexsearch.doj.
- ↑ W. F. Mandle, 'Fleetwood-Smith, Leslie O'Brien (1908–1971)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/fleetwood-smith-leslie-obrien-10200/text18025, published first in hardcopy 1996, accessed online 14 April 2017 by Clare Spring.
- ↑ Walter Fleetwood Smith's birth record at Births, Deaths, Marriages Victoria: Reg. No: 17793; Reg. year: 1961. Retrieved 14 April 2017 by Clare Spring from https://online.justice.vic.gov.au/bdm/indexsearch.doj.
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