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Norman R Smith: Navy Band to Civvie Street

Posted on: Mon 13 Feb 2023

Dan O’Brien OAM interviews Navy Veteran Norm Smith (son of a WW2 RAAF Veteran) who as a young lad fudged his way into the Navy Band and travelled far and wide.   Norm’s civvie life post RAN as a gym instructor, car salesman, dance instructor, Coastal Patrol Volunteer etc., brought him into contact with people like Johnny O’Keefe, and the tragic drowning of the Carr brothers off Lurline Bay, NSW in 1972.

Guest Interviewer Daniel O’Brien OAM.
Norm Smith -RHS standing _ HMAS MELBOURNE. Provided by N Smith and used with permission
Norman R Smith. 2022. Photo by Dan O’Brien and used with permission

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