Albert Frank Smith (23 October 1885 – 15 October 1975) was an Australian politician. He was born at

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to farmer William John Everingham Smith and Margaret Alicia, ''née'' Small. He was educated locally and joined the Postmaster-General's department, working as a telegraph messenger at

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from 1900 to 1901 and a clerk in the accounts branch from 1901 to 1913. He joined the Australian Imperial Force in 1914 and was severely wounded at

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, being invalided home. He returned to active service in 1916 but was wounded again in 1917, becoming an instructor of the Signal Engineers' School and aide-de-camp to General Gustave Ramaciotti. After the war he was closely involved with the Returned Serviceman's League and other veterans' groups. In 1920 he was elected to the

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as a

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member for Balmain, but he was defeated in 1922. He died in 1975 in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Albert 1885 births 1975 deaths Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 20th-century Australian politicians