Someone in the Crowd - Smith, Jim
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James Smith was born the youngest of five children in London's East End (Bow) in the later stages of WW2. He spent time in London's Woodvale Orphanage and Beecholm Children's Home in Surrey. Migrating to Australia in 1960, James spent four years in Sydney (becoming involved with gangsters) and four years in the extreme bush, including (with Aboriginal and government permission) two years in Arnhem Land - an Aboriginal reserve of 97,000 square kilometres east of Darwin - where he became the first known white man to travel through Deaf Adder Gorge. Returning to England in 1968, James soon…mehr

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James Smith was born the youngest of five children in London's East End (Bow) in the later stages of WW2. He spent time in London's Woodvale Orphanage and Beecholm Children's Home in Surrey. Migrating to Australia in 1960, James spent four years in Sydney (becoming involved with gangsters) and four years in the extreme bush, including (with Aboriginal and government permission) two years in Arnhem Land - an Aboriginal reserve of 97,000 square kilometres east of Darwin - where he became the first known white man to travel through Deaf Adder Gorge. Returning to England in 1968, James soon realised that the desperate search for adventure that had dominated his life in Australia was still there; he found himself wandering aimlessly for many years through Europe and the rest of the world...until he met a girl in Denmark.
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Jim Smith was born in Doune, Scotland. His life's ambition was to become a police officer, and in 1962 he achieved his ambition and joined the Metropolitan Police at Scotland Yard. During his career, he received numerous commendations for his criminal arrests. He was awarded the British Empire Medal for Gallantry by Queen Elizabeth the Second. This was for freeing hostages being held by terrorists.