Sydney Walter GIBSON

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Service Numbers:	1145, 1176
Enlisted:	17 September 1914, Casterton, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Moe, Victoria, Australia, May 1896
Home Town:	Casterton, Glenelg, Victoria
Schooling:	Gray Street State School, Hamilton, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Pastry Cook
Died:	Died of wounds, At sea (HMHS Devanha), Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 3 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

17 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1145, 8th Infantry Battalion, Casterton, Vic.
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 1145, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 1145, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
3 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 1176, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1176 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-05-03
3 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1176, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW to hip, inflicted by a sniper when clearing scrub near Quinns Post trenches. Evacuated to HS Devanha however died same day (at sea).

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Found guilty, 15 January 1915, of breaking ship at Colombo, 13 January 1915: fined 50/-.

Allocated new SN 1176 when he later joined 1st Reinforcements, 8th Btn at Colombo.