Jack (Bluey) GIBBS

GIBBS, Jack

Service Number: PM1834
Enlisted: 3 September 1939
Last Rank: Able Seaman
Last Unit: HMAS Penguin (IV) 1939-1940/HMAS Brisbane 1940-1942/HMAS Moreton (I) 1942-1994 (Depot)
Born: Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia , 16 March 1919
Home Town: North Fitzroy, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Victoria, Australia, 2 November 1994, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Rye Cemetery and Memorial Gardens, Victoria
Commemorated with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, PM1834, HMAS Penguin (IV) 1939-1940/HMAS Brisbane 1940-1942/HMAS Moreton (I) 1942-1994 (Depot)
28 May 1943: Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, PM1834, HMAS Penguin (IV) 1939-1940/HMAS Brisbane 1940-1942/HMAS Moreton (I) 1942-1994 (Depot)

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Hinton Albert Gibbs and Mary Isobel Gibbs nee Anderson  of Moonee Ponds, Victoria.

Medals: 1938-1945 Star, Africa Star, War Medal

During 1943c Jack married Joyce Edith Monahan in Victoria.