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CIBICH, Arthur Edwin
| Service Number: | 522 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 February 1915, Enlisted at Keswick, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Islington, South Australia, 22 December 1894 |
| Home Town: | Prospect (SA), Prospect, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Brahma Lodge, South Australia, February 1976, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Derrick Garden of Remembrance, Path 33, Grave 522B. Interred on 19 February 1976 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Nailsworth Primary School Great War Roll of Honour, Prospect Roll of Honour A-G WWI Board |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 522, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Keswick, SA | |
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| 31 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 522, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 31 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 522, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 29 Mar 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 522, 27th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit due to Bright's Disease |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Peter Cibich and Elizabeth Cibich nee Brine of Prospect, SA
Brother of Frederick Harold Cibich who returned to Australia on 12 March 1919 having served with the 27th Battalion; Walter Norman Cibich who returned to Australia on 5 July 1919 having served with the 6th Pioneer Battalion; George Henry Cibich who returned to Australia on 17 March 1919 having served with the 43rd Battalion and 16th Battalion and was a POW and Florence Ivy Cibich
Commenced return to Australia on 7 January 1916 aboard HT Kanowna
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
On 26 January 1918 Arthur married Catherine Mary Shelley in the Holy Trinity Church, Adealide, SA