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==Early life==
Smith's father migrated to Western Australia from Scotland and became a pastoralist in [[South Australia]]. His mother was born near [[New Norcia, Western Australia]], the daughter of a pioneer from Scotland. The boys boarded at [[Queen's School, North Adelaide]], and for two years at [[Warriston School]] in [[Scotland]].<ref name=ADB>{{cite bookAustralian Dictionary of Biography |author= John McCarthy |title= Smith, Sir Ross Macpherson (1892–1922) |workid2= Australian Dictionary of Biography |publisher= National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |url= http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/smith-sir-ross-macpherson-8529 }} This article was first published in hardcopy in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 11, (MUP), 1988.</ref><ref name=bio>{{cite web |author= John McCarthy |url= http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-heroes/smith.htm |title= Sir Ross Macpherson SMITH KBE MC & bar DFC & 2 bars AFC |publisher= Digger History }}</ref>
 
==Military service==