Edward Fitzgibbon GLOSTER

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GLOSTER, Edward Fitzgibbon

Service Number:	425641
Enlisted:	25 April 1942, Brisbane, Qld.
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 463 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Roma, Queensland, Australia, 9 April 1923
Home Town:	Longreach, Longreach, Queensland
Schooling:	St Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace, Spring Hill, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Jackeroo
Died:	Flying Battle, Germany, 30 January 1944, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery Coll. Grave 7. Z. 23-27.
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, 425641
25 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 425641, No. 463 Squadron (RAAF), Brisbane, Qld.

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Richard William Vere Gloster and Kathleen Genevieve Gloster, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

"VIRTUTE ET FIDELITATE"

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gloster, Clayfield, have been notified the their eldest son, Flt.-Sergt. Edward Fitzgibbon (Fitz) Gloster, is missing as the result of air operations over Berlin on January 30-31. His plane failed to return to its base.

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