LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman William GIBBS
Service No: 145684
Born: Hawthorn VIC, 3 September 1925
Enlisted in the RAAF: 1 December 1943
Unit: No. 453 Squadron
Died: Injuries, Germany, 2 December 1945, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Becklingen War Cemetery, Niedersachsen, Germany
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Gladys May Gibbs
Roll of Honour: Essendon VIC
Remembered: Panel 105, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 2 December 1945, Leading Aircraftman Gibbs, a Cook, died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/15/611