Service Details
Name:
 GIBSON
Given Name:
 PETER RAWSTORNE JOHNSTONE
Initials:
 P R J
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Navy
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Unit:
 H.M. Submarine Regent
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Date of Death:
 1943-04-16
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Date of Birth:
 1920-08-20
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action. Struck a mine north of Barletta, Puglia, Italy, after a raid on an Italian Convoy. All hands were killed. The sinking was discovered after the submarine didn't return to base in Beirut, Lebanon, by May 1, 1943
Additional
Information:
Son of William Johnstone Gibson and Olive Artherson (nee Rawstorne) Gibson. Born Umtata. Educated at Umtata High School; Cadet Draft 1936-7. In 1938 joined the RN.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Hampshire
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Cemetery:
 PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 72, Column 3.

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