GIBSON, John Alexander
| Service Number: | QX21467 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 May 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Bombardier |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/2nd Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 6 August 1913 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bank Officer with the NAB |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 6 May 1941: | Involvement QX21467 | |
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| 6 May 1941: | Enlisted | |
| 6 May 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Bombardier, QX21467, 2nd/2nd Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment | |
| 14 Feb 1946: | Discharged | |
| 14 Feb 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Bombardier, QX21467, 2nd/2nd Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kay Clapton
John, along with his mate Goff Brown, underwent militia training with the 51st Battalion aka the Far North Queensland Regiment in Cairns. When visiting his parents in Brisbane the NAB bank clerk enlisted and served in a postal unit in the Middle East. On return to Australia John transferred to the 2/2nd Anti-Tank Regiment. Goff transferred to that unit too and they served in Port Moresby and Milne Bay. On return to Australia they were joined by a young Frank Colwell before being sent to 60 Mile, near the Batchelor Airstrip. From there they went to the Atherton Tablelands for jungle training before embarking for the Battle of Balikpapan. After the war the three men kept in contact. John returned to the NAB before retiring to Newell Beach north of Mossman, Qld. He never married but remained great friends with the Lawson family of Mareeba as well as Goff and Frank.