Background
Aurel was born in Geelong to wool merchant William Smith and Ruby Emily Young, he was the eldest child with a younger brother Collin Smith.
Aurel was born in Geelong to wool merchant William Smith and Ruby Emily Young, he was the eldest child with a younger brother Collin Smith.
Aurel enlisted and served during World World War II firstly in the Middle East, then to New Guinea and Borneo. In 1967 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Bellarine. He switched to South Barwon in 1976 and retired in 1982.
Aurel has one son Campbell William Aurel-Smith and three grand children, Kate, Timothy and Camilla.
Smith died in 2011.
A founding member of the Liberal Party, he was president of the Geelong branch and chairman of the Western Area finance committee.