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GIBBS, William Herbert
Personal Details
Service Number: | WX8958 |
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Enlisted: | 25 October 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
Born: | Canning, Western Australia, 16 April 1916 |
Home Town: | Wanneroo, Wanneroo, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Died at sea (POW of Japan - Rakuyo Maru), South China Sea, 12 September 1944, aged 28 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave (at sea) - Panel 18, Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia, Wanneroo War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
25 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Private, WX8958, Claremont, Western Australia | |
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25 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX8958, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion | |
12 Sep 1944: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, WX8958, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion, Prisoners of War |
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