Wing Commander Robert Henry Maxwell Gibbes

Service number	714, O18235 (260714)
Ranks Held	Acting Squadron Leader, Wing Commander
Birth Date	06/05/1916
Birth Place	Australia: New South Wales, Young
Death Date	11 April 2007
Death Place	Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Final Rank	Wing Commander
Service	Royal Australian Air Force
Unit	No. 3 Squadron
Places	Sydney Young
Conflicts/Operations	Second World War, 1939-1945 Second World War, 1939-1945

Collection items

Date of birth	06/05/1916
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	05/02/1940	Air cadet.
Other units	09/1940	No 23 Squadron.
Date promoted	26/12/1940	Flying officer.
Other units	1940	Training at Mascot, Richmond and Point Cook.
Date promoted	28/06/1940	Pilot officer.
Other units	08/05/1941	No 3 Squadron.
Date promoted	01/04/1942	Flight lieutenant.
Date promoted	26/06/1942	Acting squadron leader.
Other units	26/02/1942	Commanding Officer No 3 Squadron.
Other units	04/1943	RAAF Overseas Headquarters London.
Date promoted	01/04/1943	Squadron leader.
Other	10/1943	Left England.
Other units	10/1944	No 80 Wing Headquarters.
Date promoted	01/07/1944	Wing commander.
Other units	01/1944	No 2 Operational Training Unit, Mildura.
Other units	07/1945	Attached to RAAF Headquarters Melbourne.
Other	01/1946	Appointment terminated.
Other	04/1952	Appointed to active reserve.
Date of death	11 April 2007