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VC1221    William Henry Kibby

Name   William Henry Kibby   No.      POSTHUMOUS

VC Issue No.   1221   Awards   VC   

Regiment   Australian Military Forces, 2nd/9th (South Australia) Battalion

Later   

Now   

Rank VC Won    Sergeant

Rank End Of Career   Sergeant

Place Of Birth   Winlaton, Tyne & Wear, England

Place Of Death   Miteiriya Ridge, El Alamein, Egypt

Buried/Location Ashes   El Alamein War Cemetery, 80 miles west of Alexandria on the coast road, Egypt

Cremated   

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone (CWGC)     Plot/Grave no.   Plot XVI, Row A, Grave 18

Gazetted    28 January 1943

VC Presented   27 November 1943, Governor-General of Australia, Lord Gowrie VC, Australia

Memorials

P  Headstone, El Alamein War Cemetery, 80 miles west of Alexandria on the coast road, Egypt

Named on Roll of Honour, Area 63, Australia War Memorial, Canberra, ACT, Australia

Named on Wall of Remembrance, North Terrace, Adalaide, SA, Australia

Name on VC Memorial, War Memorial, North Terrace, Adalaide, SA, Australia

Name on Honours Board, Town Hall, Glenelg, SA, Australia

Display at Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT, Australia

William Kibby VC Veterans Shed, Glenelg North, SA, Australia

P  Named on Victoria Cross Memorial, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Kibby VC Rest Area, Yarra Interchange, NSW, Australia

Kibby Place, Canberra, ACT, Australia

Kibby Road, Elizabeth East, SA, Australia

Kibby Road, Loxwood, SA, Australia

By The Way…

VC Held By

Australian War Memorial, Hall of Valour, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia

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BORN    15 April 1903

DIED   31 October 1942   AGE   39

VC Won   23-31 October 1942    AGE    39

Place VC Won   Miteiriya Ridge, El Alamein, Egypt

War/Campaign   Second World War