GIBSON, Henry
| Service Number: | 1129 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 9th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Stanley, Durham, England, January 1872 |
| Home Town: | Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Hamilton Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Hit by train, Hamilton Station, New South Wales, Australia, 19 September 1945 |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 2-145. 69. |
| Memorials: | Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1129, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1129, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 2 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1129, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
| 23 Oct 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 1129, 9th Machine Gun Company, 2nd MD, medically unfit (rheumatism) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, died tragically, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
79 years ago today, on the Thursday afternoon of the 20th September 1945, Driver Henry Gibson, 9th Australian Machine Gun Company (Reg No-1129), miner from Teralba Road, Hamilton, New South Wales and 9 Kings Road, New Lambton, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 75. ANGLICAN 2-145. 69.
Born at Stanley, Durham, England about 1870 to William, died 21.5.1921, Hamilton, N.S.W., age 75, buried on the Sunday afternoon of the 22.5.1921 at ANGLICAN 1-44. 82, no funeral notice, from Lambton Road, Broadmeadow, N.S.W., and Dinah Gibson, died 5.5.1906, place unknown, age 57, mother of 8 sons, sleeping at ANGLICAN 1-44. 84, from Lambton Road, Broadmeadow, N.S.W.; husband of Blanche Sophia Caroline Gibson nee Hoy, married 1893, Hamilton, N.S.W., died 13.11.1937, Mater Hospital, Waratah, N.S.W., age 64 years 9 months, sleeping here, from 9 Kings Road, New Lambton, N.S.W., Henry enlisted on the 3rd February 1916 with the 34th Battalion, age about 46!, at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A20 Hororata on the 2nd May 1916.
Granted leave from 24.1.1918 to 9.2.1918.
Admitted to hospital 21.2.1918 (myalgia & rheumatism).
Invalided to England 11.3.1918.
Commenced return to Australia 19.4.1918.
Henry was invalided home on the 12th June 1918, being discharged medically unfit (rheumatism) on the 23rd October 1918.
Mr. Gibson’s name has been inscribed on the Hamilton (Gregson Park) War Memorial, Hamilton Municipal District Roll of Honor and the Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honor.
The tragic circumstances of Henry’s death were reported - Man's Body on Railway at Hamilton - hit by train.
I have placed poppies at Henry’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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