Frederick Crowdy GIBSON MM

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GIBSON, Frederick Crowdy

Service Number:	5378
Enlisted:	14 November 1915, Goulburn
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cooma, New South Wales, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Cooma, Cooma-Monaro, New South Wales
Schooling:	Public School
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 8 August 1918
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ourimbah Memorial Arch, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

14 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5378, 13th Infantry Battalion, Goulburn
9 Apr 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5378, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
9 Apr 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5378, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Sydney
Date unknown:	Honoured Military Medal, Military Medal 'For his gallant and conspicuous conduct during the attack near ZONNEBEKE on the morning of 26th September, 1917. He repeatedly dressed and carried wounded and in doing so had to cross a swamp which was swept by machine gun fire and heavily shelled. His conduct set a splendid example to comrades and his coolness inspired confidence in those around him.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 31 Date: 7 March 1918

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Biography contributed

Frederick Crowdy GIBSON was born in Cooma, NSW in 1895

His parents were Edmund GIBSON & Margaret LEONARD who married in Cooma in 1894

He enlisted in Goulburn on 14th November, 1915 & embarked with the 13th Infantry Battalion, 17th reinforcements from Sydney on the HMAT Nestor on 9th April, 1916

He was Killed in Action on 8th August 1918 - no known grave

He was awarded the Military Medal (see AWM link for details)

His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Villers Bretonneux Memorial

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