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
Conflicts/Operations
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
  • Second World War, 1939-1945

Rolls

Timeline

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