Austin Clement GIBSON

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Service Number:	262635
Enlisted:	10 February 1941
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	No. 2 Bombing and Air Gunnery School / No. 3 Air Observers School Port Pirie
Born:	Broken Hill, New South Wales, 7 April 1908
Home Town:	Glenelg, Holdfast Bay, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Pilot
Died:	Accidental (air crash), Hobart, Tasmania, 6 March 1946, aged 37 years
Cemetery:	Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania Cremated
Memorials:

10 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 262635, Camden, New South Wales
10 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 262635
11 Feb 1941:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 262635
6 Mar 1946:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 262635, No. 2 Bombing and Air Gunnery School / No. 3 Air Observers School Port Pirie

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Awarded the King's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air (www.awm.gov.au) for "Ability, keenness and devotion to duty as a flying instructor"