Allan Arthur GIBB

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GIBB, Allan Arthur

Service Numbers:	Q136603, 429551
Enlisted:	27 April 1942
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Bundamba, Queensland, Australia, 28 October 1922
Home Town:	Bundamba, Ipswich, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Teacher
Died:	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, 30 April 1996, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Tweed Heads Lawn Cemetery
Memorials:

World War 2 Service

27 Apr 1942:	Involvement Private, Q136603
27 Apr 1942:	Enlisted
27 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q136603
7 Oct 1942:	Discharged
7 Oct 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q136603
9 Oct 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 429551
13 Dec 1943:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer
23 Jun 1944:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer
23 Dec 1945:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant
25 Mar 1946:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 429551

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Flight Lieutenant Allan Arthur Gibb (Service No:429551) enlisted in the RAAF in October 1942 - having initially enlisted in the ACMF (Private; Service No:Q136603) in April 1942. Allan served as a Leading Aircraftman and was awarded his Flying Badge on 23 December 1943. He served in Canada and the UK with 115 Squadron and 27 and 21 OTUs. He was attached to 21 Operational Training Unit when he was Discharged in March 1946. Whilst posted in the UK in 1945, Allan married Doreen Margaret Craig (b1927 in Lancashire, England). Doreen emigrated in 1946, arriving on board the Atlantis from Southampton.

Allan had worked as an Assistant Teacher in Emerald QLD before enlisting in the ACMF, and returned to Teaching - he and Doreen settled in Ipswich, QLD (One Mile and Booval) where Allan was a Teacher. In the mid 1970s the couple transferred to Burleigh Heads on the Gold Coast where Allan was a Teacher until he retired. Allan died in 1996.

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