Australia After his retirement he emigrated to Australia and farm in Balmoral, Victoria in 1925 with his wife and three children. He took to politics in the National Party of Australia and stood unsuccessfully for a Victorian seat in the Australian Senate. He died at home in 1941 and was buried in Balmoral Cemetery. One of his sons, Dacre Smyth, followed a military career in the Royal Australian Navy rising to commodore. References External links 1868 births 1941 deaths Burials in Victoria (Australia) British Army major generals People from Westminster People educated at Westminster School, London 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) officers 3rd Dragoon Guards officers 3rd Carabiniers officers British recipients of the Victoria Cross Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath British Army personnel of the Mahdist War Recipients of the Croix de guerre (Belgium) English emigrants to Australia British Army personnel of the Second Boer War Carabiniers (6th Dragoon Guards) officers Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst Egyptian military officers British Army cavalry generals of World War I Australian generals Australian military personnel of World War I Nationalist Party (Australia) politicians Officiers of the Légion d'honneur Recipients of the Order of the Medjidie British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross Military personnel from London