Maxwell Albert John GILBERT

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GILBERT, Maxwell Albert John

Service Number:	442454
Enlisted:	31 July 1943
Last Rank:	Pilot Officer
Last Unit:	No. 75 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Beverley, South Australia, 26 June 1925
Home Town:	Mile End, City of West Torrens, South Australia
Schooling:	Woodville Primary School, Woodville High School, South Australia
Occupation:	Adelaide Railway Pay Office
Died:	Prisoner of War, Borneo, 24 July 1945, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Labuan War Cemetery C A 14 , Labuan War Cemetery, Labuan, Malaysia
Memorials:	Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, St Clair Woodville High School Honour Roll

World War 2 Service

31 Jul 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 442454, No. 75 Squadron (RAAF)
31 Jul 1943:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
31 Jul 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 442454
24 Jul 1945:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 442454, No. 75 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SE Asia 1941-45
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of John and Ethel Harriett Gilbert, of Mile End, South Australia.

Mr. and Mrs. J. Gilbert, of Ebor avenue, Mile End, nave been in formed that their only son, F-Sgt. Max Gilbert, previously reported missing, died while a POW in Borneo on July 24, 1945. He was educated at the Woodville primary and high schools. He was employed at the Adelaide railway station pay office before enlisting

Biography contributed by David Barlow

Shot down in Kittyhawk A29-1025 on the 7th of July while on a bombing and strafing mission near Kalabakan in Borneo - captured by Japanese troops and became a Prisoner of War - died on the 24th of July

NAA file - GILBERT, Maxwell John (Flight Sergeant) Service Number 442454; Aircraft - Kittyhawk A29-1025 near Kalabakan 7 July 1945

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