Elbert Louis VON BIBRA

Service Number:	2303
Enlisted:	20 May 1915, Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	47th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 11 January 1889
Home Town:	Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed In Action, Belgium, 30 September 1917, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium III. A. 17.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Launceston Cenotaph, Launceston Church Grammar School WW1 Honour Board

World War 1 Service

20 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2303, Claremont, Tasmania
4 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2303, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: ''
4 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2303, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ajana, Melbourne
30 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2303, 47th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2303 awm_unit: 47th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-09-30

Lest We Forget

Elbert Louis Von Bibra (Seargent)

My Great-Great Uncle. 3rd Great Uncle to James Marshall and Joshua Marshall.

Elb enlisted in the AIF on the 20th May 1915, and embarked onthe HMAT Ajuna on the 4th June 1915 as part of the 15th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement.

He landed at Gallipoli on the 2nd of August 1915, where he was wounded 5 days later (7th Aug 1915) - gunshot wounds to left thigh and right knee.

On the Western Front, he was transferred to the 47th Battalion.

He was Killed in Action on the 30th of September 1917 at Westhoek Ridge during the Third Battle of Ypres.

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