IBBOTT, Walter Gordon
| Service Number: | 6570 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 August 1916, Claremont, Tas. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 10 October 1886 |
| Home Town: | Queenstown, West Coast, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Toxaemia, Aboard HMAT Ascanius (A11) , 26 December 1916, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6570, 12th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tas. | |
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| 20 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6570, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6570, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Husband of Emma IBBOTT
Of 85 Brisbane St., Hobart, Tas.
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 26th December…… Walter Gordon Dalgleish Ibbott was born at Hobart, Tasmania on 10th October, 1885.
He married Emma Smith on 25th April, 1908 in St. Martin’s Church, Queenstown, Tasmania.
On 7th August, 1916 Walter Gordon Ibbott enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) as a 30 year old, married, Butcher (with 3 children) from Queenstown, Tasmania.
Private Walter Gordon Ibbott, Service number 6570, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Port Lincoln (A17) on 20th October, 1916 with the 12th Infantry Battalion, 21st Reinforcements. He was transferred to HMAT Ascanius (Note: The Casualty Form – Active Service recorded he transferred to “A11 Ulysses” which is incorrect. A11 was Ascanius) at Sierra Leone on 4th December, 1916.
He died on 26th December, 1916 at Sea on board HMAT Ascanius (A11) from Toxaemia & was buried at Sea later that day.
Private Walter Gordon Ibbott is commemorated on the Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton, Hampshire, England as he has no grave. His death is acknowledged by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/g---j.html
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