Sydney Rex Wakely-Smith
Born22 January 1930
Johannesburg
Died5 December 2013
Hillcrest, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
EducationSt John's school
Known for
  • South African Rally Champion 1964 & 1965
  • Philately
Board member ofPhilatelic Federation of South Africa
SpouseEthne Wakely-Smith
Children3

Sydney Rex Wakely-Smith (1930 – 5 December 2013) was a South African rally driver and philatelist. He was South African Rally Champion with Ewold van Bergen in 1964 and 1965. He was president of the Philatelic Federation of South Africa in 2004 and won medals for his collection of the philately of Mozambique.

Early life and family

Sydney Rex Wakely-Smith was born in Johannesburg in 1930. He was educated at St John's school.[1] He married Ethne Denise Lambert in on the 31st October 1953, when he was 23 years old. They were married for 60 years before he sadly passed in Hillcrest, South Africa at 83 years old. They had three children and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. [2]

Motor sport

Wakely Smith was South African Rally Champion with Ewold van Bergen in 1964[3] and 1965.

He was awarded Springbok colours for motor sport.[1]

Philately

Wakely Smith inherited an interest in philately from his mother. He was a member of the Philatelic Society of Natal and president of the Philatelic Federation of South Africa in 2004. He specialised in the philately of Mozambique and won a Large Gold medal in South Africa for his exhibit of that country as well as a Large Silver medal at the international stamp exhibition in Dubai.[1]

Other hobbies included ornithology and conchology.[1]

Death

Wakely Smith died on 5 December 2013.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Obituary: Rex Wakely Smith", Bev McNaught-Davis, The South African Philatelist, Vol. 90, No. 1 (February 2014), Whole No. 922, p. 10.
  2. ↑ South African Marriage Records. Identity Number. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  3. ↑ The Autocar, Vol. 123, p. 22.


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