Owen Burton DIBBS

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DIBBS, Owen Burton

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	15 March 1916, Kiama, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 22 December 1888
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	North Sydney CofE Grammar School
Occupation:	Stock Broker
Died:	Killed In Action, Dernacourt, France, 1 April 1918, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Millencourt Communal Cemetery Extension B 33
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Northbridge (Shore) Sydney Church of England Grammar School Memorial Cricket Ground Roll of Honour, Shore Northbridge Sydney Church of England Grammar School 1914-1918 War Memorial Playing Fields Pillars, Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board

World War 1 Service

15 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Kiama, New South Wales
16 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
22 May 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
22 May 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Warilda, Sydney
1 Mar 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
7 Jun 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle of Messines
26 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Polygon Wood
1 Apr 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Dernancourt/Ancre, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 45 Battalion awm_rank: Captain awm_died_date: 1918-04-01

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

Son of Thomas Borton Dibbs and Annie Emma Dibbs, of North Sydney; husband of Clara Dibbs, of "Alwyn," 6, Lower Ocean St., Edgecliffe, Sydney, New South Wales

"KILLED IN ACTION. CAPT. OWEN BURTON DIBBS.

Information was received in Sydney yesterday that Captain Owen Burton Dibbs, of the Infantry, A.I.F., was killed-in-action in France on the 1st inst. Captain Owen Dibbs left Sydney about two years ago for the front, and has been in France practically ever since. He was the third son of Mr. and Mrs. Burton Dibbs, of Geelong, and a grandson of Sir Thomas A. and Lady Dibbs, of Graythwaite, Point Piper. His younger brother, Lieut. Thomas G. B. Dibbs, of the York and Lancashire 7th (Service) Battalion was killed in action in France on August 27, 1915.

In September last Captain Dibbs was complimented by the General Commanding the Australian Division "on his initiative and gallant leadership at Zonnebeke on October 12, 1917."

In 1913 Captain Dibbs married Miss Carla Vera Alexander, the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Stuart Alexander of Albury and Sydney. Captain Dibbs was 29 years of age, and he leaves a widow and one son. At the forenoon meeting of the Sydney Stock Exchange, the chairman (Mr. A. H. North) spoke of Captain Dibbs's career, and it was decided to erect a memorial tablet in the vestibule. As a mark of respect to his memory the Exchange adjourned." - from the Sydney Morning Herald 13 Apr 1918 (nla.gov.au)

Recommended for the Military Cross but not awarded - see link on left of page

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