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Adelaide – North Terrace plaque

As part of South Australia’s 150th birthday celebrations in 1986, a series of “SA Greats” plaques was laid along Adelaide’s North Terrace cultural boulevard to commemorate the contribution of 169 eminent South Australians.

The inscription reads:

SMITH
SIR KEITH SMITH KBE
1890 – 1955
SIR ROSS SMITH KBE MC* DFC** AFC
1892-1922
PILOTS ON FIRST ENGLAND –
AUSTRALIA FLIGHT 1919
SPONSOR: AUSTRALIAN AIRLINES

Photo courtesy of Helen Stein.