GILBERT, Maxwell Albert John
Service Number: | 442454 |
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Enlisted: | 31 July 1943 |
Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 75 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Beverley, South Australia, 26 June 1925 |
Home Town: | Mile End, City of West Torrens, South Australia |
Schooling: | Woodville Primary School, Woodville High School, South Australia |
Occupation: | Adelaide Railway Pay Office |
Died: | Prisoner of War, Borneo, 24 July 1945, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
Labuan War Cemetery C A 14 , Labuan War Cemetery, Labuan, Malaysia |
Memorials: | Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, St Clair Woodville High School Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
31 Jul 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 442454, No. 75 Squadron (RAAF) | |
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31 Jul 1943: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
31 Jul 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 442454 | |
24 Jul 1945: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 442454, No. 75 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SE Asia 1941-45 | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John and Ethel Harriett Gilbert, of Mile End, South Australia.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Gilbert, of Ebor avenue, Mile End, nave been in formed that their only son, F-Sgt. Max Gilbert, previously reported missing, died while a POW in Borneo on July 24, 1945. He was educated at the Woodville primary and high schools. He was employed at the Adelaide railway station pay office before enlisting
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Shot down in Kittyhawk A29-1025 on the 7th of July while on a bombing and strafing mission near Kalabakan in Borneo - captured by Japanese troops and became a Prisoner of War - died on the 24th of July
NAA file - GILBERT, Maxwell John (Flight Sergeant) Service Number 442454; Aircraft - Kittyhawk A29-1025 near Kalabakan 7 July 1945