Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith MC

Military Cross

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, AFC

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 (9 February 1897 – 8 November 1935), often called by his nickname Smithy, was an early Australian aviator

Aviator

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. In 1928, he earned global fame when he made the first trans-Pacific

Pacific Ocean

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 flight from the United States to Australia. He also made the first non-stop crossing of the Australian mainland, the first flights between Australia and New Zealand, and the first eastward Pacific crossing from Australia to the United States.