GIBBS, Robert Arthur
| Service Number: | W34214 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 February 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Australian Bomb Disposal Platoon |
| Born: | Maddington, Western Australia, 28 November 1922 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Truck Driver |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 25 December 1974, aged 52 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 1 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, W34214 | |
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| 1 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W34214 | |
| 2 Nov 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, W34214, 7th Australian Bomb Disposal Platoon | |
| 2 Nov 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W34214 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Sapper, W34214 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Robert was the seventh of eleven children of Louis John Gibbs (born 1886 in Canning, WA) and Edna (Kate) Kathleen Weir (born 1888 in Milparinka, NSW). Louis (a Civil Servant - Clerk with the PWD) and Kate married in Perth in 1908 where they raised their family.
Robert was seven years of age when his mother died (Louis remarried in 1931). He was working as a Truck Driver in Perth, WA in 1941 when he enlisted in the ACFM. He was a Private (Service No:W34214) with 7th Bomb Disposal Coy and was attached to 7 ATPS Coy when he was Discharged in November 1942. Brothers Senley and Norman, and four Brothers-in-Law also served in WWII.
Robert was working as a Labourer at the Midland Junction Railways Workshop in 1947 when he married Gladys Annie Pearce (born 1927 in Perth, WA). Robert and Annie settled in Perth, and Robert worked as a Welder. He died in 1974 and Annie in 1998.