Philip Leslie Boyce GIBSON

GIBSON, Philip Leslie Boyce

Service Number: 260190
Enlisted: 4 December 1933, General duties branch of the Citizens Air Force
Last Rank: Wing Commander
Last Unit: No. 30 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia, 28 March 1915
Home Town: Burwood, Burwood, New South Wales
Schooling: Sydney University New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Student
Died: Flying Battle, New Guinea, 11 June 1944, aged 29 years
Cemetery: Lae War Cemetery
(CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot H. Row A. Grave 10. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED"
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

4 Dec 1933: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Air Cadet, 260190, General duties branch of the Citizens Air Force
3 Sep 1939: Involvement Wing Commander, 260190
11 Jun 1944: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Wing Commander, 260190, No. 30 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45

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Biography contributed

Philip Leslie Boyce GIBSON was born in Mudgee, NSW on 28th March, 1915

His parents were Leslie James GIBSON & Catherine May WALL who married in 1911 in Narrabri, NSW

He married Phyllis Constance BAILEY in Sydney in 1943