Bruce Napoleon Gilbert

Bruce Napoleon Gilbert
Birthdate:	January 14, 1914
Birthplace:	Lilydale, Victoria, Australia
Death:	June 21, 1942 (28) Bay of Biscay, presumed date 1943 Probate issued, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England (Flying officer WWII)
Place of Burial:	22 6 1942, Sunderland air sea rescue
Immediate Family:	Son of Charles Champynes Napoleon Gilbert and Constance Marion Gilbert Husband of Dorothy Elsie Tregear and Dorothy Elsie Gilbert Brother of Dawson Laurence Gilbert and Eva May Grace Owen

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Dorothy Elsie Tregear

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Dorothy Elsie Gilbert

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Charles Champynes Napoleon Gilbert

father
Constance Marion Gilbert

mother
Dawson Laurence Gilbert

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Eva May Grace Owen

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401596 FO Bruce Napoleon GILBERT
Service No: 401596
Rank: Flying Officer
Born: Lilydale VIC, 3 January 1914
Enlisted in the RAAF: 1 March 1941
Unit: No. 10 Squadron, Mount Batten
Died: Air Operations: (No. 10 Squadron
Sunderland aircraft W3999 – RB-Y), off UK Coast,
21 June 1942, Aged 28 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Charles
Champneys Napoleon Gilbert and Constance
Marion Gilbert; husband of Dorothy Elsie Gilbert,
of North Richmond, Victoria, Australia.
Roll of Honour: St Kilda VIC
Remembered: Panel 109, Runnymede Memorial,
Surrey UK
Remembered: Panel 99, Commemorative Area,
Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Rathmines Memorial Bowling Club,
Rathmines NSW

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1914	January 14, 1914	Birth of Bruce Napoleon Gilbert Lilydale, Victoria, Australia Record information Event:births Registration number5230 / 1914 Family name:GILBERT Given name(s)Bruce Napoleon Place of event:LILLYDALE, VIC, Australia Personal detail Mother's name<Unknown Family Name>, Constance Marion Mother's family name at birthMAY Father's Name:<Unknown Family Name>, Chas Champneys Napoleon
1942	June 21, 1942 Age 28	Death of Bruce Napoleon Gilbert at Bay of Biscay, pr... Bay of Biscay, presumed date 1943 Probate issued, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England
????		Burial of Bruce Napoleon Gilbert Reported missing, 22 6 1942, Sunderland air sea rescue

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