Robert Gerald GIBLIN

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GIBLIN, Robert Gerald

Service Number:	V18572
Enlisted:	19 August 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 17 October 1905
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Aircraft accident), Flinders Island, Tasmania, Australia, 29 May 1942, aged 36 years
Cemetery:	Whitemark Public Cemetery, Flinders Island, Tasmania Whitemark Public Cemetery, Whitemark, Flinders Island, Tasmania, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, V18572
19 Aug 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V18572

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Australian National Airways (ANA) De Havilland DH89 aircraft "Marika" (VH-UXZ) crashed into the sea at Tanners Bay, Marriott Reef, off Flinders Island, Tasmania when the aircraft apparently ran out of fuel - the pilot & three passengers were killed in the crash.

Leading Aircraftman Henry David Leaman 30961 of Station HQ Laverton - body not recovered; commemorated on the Sydney Memorial

Private Robert Gerald Giblin V18572 of 24th Garrison Battalion, Australian Army

Harry Selfe - an employee of AWA (Amalgamated Wireless Australasia)

Raymond Weston (Pilot) - ANA

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