Gilbert Thomas KIRBY

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KIRBY, Gilbert Thomas

Service Number:	434682
Enlisted:	1 January 1943
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 28 September 1924
Home Town:	Nambour, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Battle, Pfahlbronn, Germany, 12 September 1944, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany Collective grave 11. B. 9-10, Durnbach War Cemetery, Bavaria, Germany
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Nambour Maroochy Shire War Dead Memorial, Warwick War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 434682
1 Jan 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 434682

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Lancaster LL789 of Number 467 Squadron crashed at Pfahlbronn in Germany (target Stuttgart) killing RAAF crewmen Flight Sergeant Peter Callow 423445 / Flight Sergeant Gilbert Thomas Kirby 434682 / Flight Sergeant Richard Gilbert Symonds 437322

Two other RAAF crewmen survived and became Prisoners of War - Flight Lieutenant Victor Colin Manchester 437530 and Flying Officer Arthur Lang Bright 420856

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