GIBBS, William
| Service Number: | 425 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kiama, New South Wales, Australia, July 1889 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Barman |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 27 October 1923, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 1-59. 33. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 425, 30th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement Driver, 425, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked Driver, 425, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 3 Apr 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 425, 30th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD - MU - epilepsy |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
100 years ago today, on the Monday afternoon of the 29th October 1923, Driver William Gibbs, also known as Scungy or Skungie, 30th Battalion (Transport, Reg No-425), barman from 31 Perkins Street, Newcastle, New South Wales and 192 Darby Street, Newcastle, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 37. ANGLICAN 1-59. 33.
Born at Kiama, New South Wales about 1886 to John William (died 29.6.1914, Newcastle, N.S.W., age 73) from 9 Dawson Street, Cooks Hill, N.S.W. and Annie Gibbs nee Hillier (died 30.9.1916, Newcastle, N.S.W., age?), sleeping at CATHOLIC 1-7. 124. Scungy enlisted on the 18th July 1915 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A72 Beltana on the 9th November 1915.
Wounded in action - 20.7.1916 (GSW right arm, compound fracture, mild, Battle of Fromelles).
Admitted to hospital - 16.7.1917 (epilepsy).
Scungy returned home on the 3rd March 1918, being discharged medically unfit (epilepsy) on the 3rd April 1918.
I have not located Mr. Gibbs’s name inscribed on any known War Memorial or Roll of Honour.
I have placed poppies at Scungy’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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