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Name: W S FIBBENS
Rank: Telegraphist
Official number: 21652
Role: Telegraphist
Service/attached: RAN
Squadron: 9 Squadron, RAAF
Ship/station: H.M.A.S. Sydney (R.A.N.)
Date of death: 1941-11-19
Aircraft: Seagull V -
Place of death: At sea, Indian Ocean
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon
Commemoration details: Panel 57, Column 2
Family details: Son of Florence Mary Fibbens, of North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Rank: Telegraphist
Official number: 21652
Role: Telegraphist
Service/attached: RAN
Squadron: 9 Squadron, RAAF
Ship/station: H.M.A.S. Sydney (R.A.N.)
Date of death: 1941-11-19
Aircraft: Seagull V -
Place of death: At sea, Indian Ocean
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon
Commemoration details: Panel 57, Column 2
Family details: Son of Florence Mary Fibbens, of North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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