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KIBBY, Gordon Ulysses

Service Number:	NX18006
Enlisted:	28 May 1940, At Paddington
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/16th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 4 March 1920
Home Town:	Canley Vale, Fairfield, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Electrical process worker
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World War 2 Service

28 May 1940:	Enlisted Private, NX18006, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, At Paddington
28 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, NX18006, 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion
1 Mar 1941:	Involvement Private, NX18006, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Libya/North Africa
14 Apr 1941:	Wounded Private, NX18006, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Siege of Tobruk, WIA (G.S.W. Lt knee & Rt thigh)
15 Aug 1943:	Promoted Lance Corporal, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea
4 Sep 1943:	Involvement Lance Corporal, NX18006, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns
22 Sep 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, NX18006, 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion
22 Sep 1945:	Discharged Lance Corporal, NX18006, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, NSW L of C
Date unknown:	Involvement Lance Corporal, NX18006, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale

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