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GIBB, Kenneth John

Service Number:	NX14839
Enlisted:	14 May 1940
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mosman, NSW, Australia, 13 August 1910
Home Town:	Wallendbeen, Cootamundra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Cootamundra, NSW, Australia, 22 August 1995, aged 85 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

World War 2 Service

14 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, NX14839, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
14 May 1940:	Enlisted NX14839
10 Apr 1941:	Involvement NX14839, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Siege of Tobruk, WIA
4 Sep 1943:	Involvement Lieutenant, NX14839, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, WIA
20 Jul 1944:	Discharged Lieutenant, NX14839, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
20 Jul 1944:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, NX14839, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement Lieutenant, NX14839, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale

WIA Tobruk

WIA New Guinea (Platoon Commander)