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Charles Melvin Gibbs

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles Melvin AWMM
  • Surname
    Gibbs AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Charlie AWMM
  • Service number
    NZ412678 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    11 June 1921 AWMM AWMM
    Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1 May 1941 AWMM Taupo Road, Taumarunui, King Country, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Recruitment Consultant/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 George Edgar Gibbs (father) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1941 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
    Malaria, admitted Cairo Hospital AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • One brother served in the Navy.

      A Civil Engineering Cadet with the Public Works Department before enlistment

      After leaving the service he worked as a Recruitment Consultant in England from 1977 to 1986 AWMM
    • His father, George Edgar Gibbs was born 30 Sep 1881 in Broken Bow, Custer County, Nebraska, United States of America. George left the US on a merchant ship. He served with the English Lancer Regiment in the Boer War. He was naturalized as a NZ citizen in Aug 1912. Public - Julie - Other relative - 30 December 2019 - Family history and US census records (1885 & 1900)
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Death

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  • Death
    3 October 2018 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Charles Riddle, 'Wartime flier farewelled without fanfare', www.stuff.co.nz, 25 October 2018
    https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/108102541/Obituary-Air-Vice-Marshal-Charles-Melvin-Gibbs-DFC-CB-NZ412678-June-11-1921-October-3-2018
    Further Reference
  • References
    • This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission. AWMM
    • List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - Embarkation Lists, November 1940 - July 1942. Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R17845762). AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
12 February 2024IanTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
30 December 2019JulieMoscow, USAOther relative

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