Identity
Person No.
8125
Service No.
10285V
Last Name
First Name
Robert
Initials
R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, at Civita Castellana, Italy, when his tank was knocked out in enemy territory. He was initially reported missing
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Pinetown Library grounds, Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Role at time of death
Mounted Rifles, later Armoured Reconnaissance
Status
Volunteer unit (pre-1913); Active Citizen Force (Reserve) from 1913
Part of
Lineage from the Royal Durban Rangers (1854) through several volunteer mounted units, unified as Natal Mounted Rifles 1888. Reactivated for the Boer War as Natal Mounted Infantry. Transferred to the Active Citizen Force 1913; converted from cavalry to armoured reconnaissance 1934. Renamed Queen Nandi Mounted Rifles 2019.
Notes
Son of John and Beatrice V. H. Gibson, of Trotter Road, Pinetown, Natal, South Africa. Born in Scotland. A Carpenter and Joiner by profession. Attended Glenwood High School, Durban. On Pinetown, Kwazulu Natal Memorial.
Research notes
13 Sep 2026: Pinetown Roll of Honour confirms exactly: "Bobby" R. Gibson, tank driver, Natal Mounted Rifles, died after his tank was hit near Civita Castellana, Italy, 07-06-1944 (radio loader P. Gill died in the same incident -- this ROH's PersonNumber 8181). Named on the Wayside Cross, Pinetown.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Pinetown Roll of Honour (Pinetown Museum)
Pinetown Roll of Honour (Pinetown Museum), Wayside Cross
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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