William Alexander GIBSON

GIBSON, William Alexander

    Service Numbers: 1266, 1126
    Enlisted: 30 October 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW Originally issued with service number 1126 but changed
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 4th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Richmond, Surrey, England, 1890
    Home Town: Petersham, Marrickville, New South Wales
    Schooling: St Marys School, Richmond, England
    Occupation: Carpenter
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 3 May 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Remembered on the Lone Pine Memorial, Panel 22-Gallipoli, Turkey., Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    30 Oct 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1266, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW Originally issued with service number 1126 but changed
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 1126, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 1126, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
    3 May 1915: Involvement Private, 1266, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1266 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-05-03

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Arrived in Australia aged 22 years

    Son of William and Emily Gibson of 83 Princes Road, Richmond, Surrey, England

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Also served with the Surrey Territorials for about 5 years

    Apprenticed to W.W. Courtney of Richmond, Surrey, England

    Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

    Births Mar 1890  Gibson William Alexander Richmond, S.
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