Lionel William GIBBS

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GIBBS, Lionel William

Service Numbers:	2156, W237037
Enlisted:	26 July 1915, Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Cannington, Western Australia , 1897
Home Town:	Cannington, Canning, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Illness, Hollywood Military Hospital Nedlands Western , Australia, 13 May 1943
Cemetery:	Perth War Cemetery and Annex, Western Australia Plot H. Row B Gravesite 6,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial

World War 1 Service

26 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, 2156, Perth, WA

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement W237037
22 Feb 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, W237037

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Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

GIBBS - Lionel William (Sergeant, Detention Staff, Fremantle,
and of 38th Battalion, AIF. 1914 - 1918), died of illness in Hollywood
Military Hospital, May 13, 1943, dearly loved husband of Mercy, loved father of Thelma and Raymond (W.A.G., RAAF) and step-father and father-in-law of Marjorie and Bill Sturt (Cpl. RAAF).
No mourning by request.
Ever remembered

Sunday Times Sunday 16 May 1943 page 3

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