GIBSON, Bayliss
| Service Number: | 2408 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia, 15 July 1880 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Sawyer |
| Died: | Killed in action, Pozieres, France, 26 July 1916, aged 36 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Petersham Fort Street High School Great War Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2408, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2408, 19th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2408, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Bayliss Gibson was the son of Frederick and Mary Gibson of Sydney, New South Wales.
He had been working as a sawyer for the Government in Yanco, New South Wales when he enlisted in 1915.
His younger brother, 3103 Lce. Cpl. Percival George Gibson 4th Battalion AIF was killed in action at Bullecourt on 5 May 1917, aged 29.
Bayliss joined the 19th Battalion in Egypt during February 1916 and died during the heavy bombardments of Pozieres during the Australian assault on the position during July 1916. His remains were never found. He had just turned 36 years of age when he died.
The father of the two men, Frederick Gibson, wrote to the AIF in 1920 regarding their loss, “….I am applying to you for some assistance from the deceased soldier dependents gratuity. I had four sons at the war, the two that returned, I am trying to assist them as well as I can. I have purchased a small property on terms. Whatever assistance I get from the gratuity will be a great help to one. I was depending on my sons to keep me, before they went to the war. My wife and my self are living on a small property near Fairfield. Hoping Sir, you will be able to give this matter your consideration, I remain Sir, your obedient servant, Frederick Gibson.”
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