GIBNEY, James Crompton
| Service Number: | 426082 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 May 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 78 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia, 3 December 1923 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Downlands College, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Police Cadet |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Germany, 6 September 1943, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany Plot 18, Row F, Grave 24 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Maryborough No. 3 Wireless Air Gunners' School Memorial Wall |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 426082 | |
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| 23 May 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 426082, Brisbane | |
| 23 May 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 426082 | |
| 6 Mar 1943: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, 426082, Embarked from Melbourne for UK | |
| 6 Sep 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 426082, No. 78 Squadron (RAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
James Crompton GIBNEY was born in Cloncurry, Queensland on 3rd December, 1923
His parents were James GIBNEY & Mary MacAULAY who married in Queensland on 31st March, 1920
He enlisted in Brisbane with the RAAF as Air Crew on 23rd May, 1942 and embarked for the UK from Melbourne on 6th March, 1943 - his last rank was Flight Sergeant (Air Gunner)
He was killed in action during air operations over Germany on 6th September 1943 in a Halifax II JD475 Aircraft & serving with the 78 Squadron of the RAF
James was originally buried in the Lindenberg Cemetery and later moved to the Rheinberg War Cemetery
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and the Tewantin War Memorial in Queensland
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