John GIBSON

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Service Number:	438
Enlisted:	13 December 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	34th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Seddonville, New Zealand, June 1895
Home Town:	Greta, Cessnock, New South Wales
Schooling:	"Gillieston", East Greta Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Killed in Action, Villers-Bretonneux, France, 26 May 1918
Cemetery:	Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux, France Adelaide Cemetery (Plot III, Row E, Grave No. 21), Villers-Bretonneux, France, Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maitland Church of England South Maitland District Parish Honour Roll, Telarah Homeville Roll of Honor, Wickham "Citizens of Wickham" Volunteers Honour Roll

13 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 438, 34th Infantry Battalion
2 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 438, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
2 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 438, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney

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