Kenneth Sinclair MCGIBBON

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MCGIBBON, Kenneth Sinclair

Service Numbers:	W6653, WX32861
Enlisted:	19 August 1940
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	11th (WA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 14 October 1906
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Accountant
Died:	Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 23 October 1967, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
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World War 2 Service

19 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Captain, W6653, 11th (WA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
31 Aug 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Captain, W6653, 11th (WA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
1 Sep 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, WX32861
26 Nov 1943:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, WX32861
Date unknown:	Involvement Lieutenant Colonel, WX32861, 11 Infantry Battalion AMF

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Kenneth was the third of five children of Sinclair James McGibbon (born 1875 in Kew, Victoria) and Rettie Paltridge Paterson (born 1880 at Kangaroo Island, South Australia). Sinclair was a Chartered Accountant when he came to Perth in 1894 and established his own company (S J McGibbon and Co) in1898, He married Rettie in 1900 in Perth, where they raised their family. Sinclair an accountant, political fund raiser and tennis administrator, and served as Director and President of numerous Boards, Committees and Clubs.

Kenneth was an Accountant in Perth in 1934 when he married May Isabel Oakley (born 1912 in Perth, WA). In 1943 Kenneth enlisted with the ACMF and was a Lieutenant attached to the 11th Infantry Battalion when he was Discharged in November 1943. The 11th Battalion was the 'City of Perth Regiment' and was the first WA battalion raised for overseas service in WWII. Brother John Frederick Sinclair (Pilot Officer, Service No:427129) and sister Rita Sinclair (RAAF, Service No:105474) also served in WWII.

Kenneth and May lived in Perth, where Kenneth worked as an Accountant until his death in 1967. May died in 1991.

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