Guy Somerville Dion GIBNEY

Guy Somerville Dion GIBNEY Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

GIBNEY, Guy Somerville Dion

Service Number:	1083
Enlisted:	5 August 1915, Bunbury, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Middlesex, London, England, 1894
Home Town:	Bunbury, Bunbury, Western Australia
Schooling:	College
Occupation:	Farmer / Orchadist
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 20 July 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Harvey & Wokalup Roll Of Honour Board 1, Harvey RSL WW2 Minature Memorial, Harvey Roll of Honor, Harvey Roll of Honor, Harvey War Memorial, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial

World War 1 Service

5 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1083, Depot Battalion , Bunbury, Western Australia
18 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1083, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1083, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
17 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1083, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Transylvania"
23 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1083, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1083, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
20 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1083, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action

Help us honour Guy Somerville Dion Gibney's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Arrived in Australia aged 14 years

Son of Fanny Gibney; brother of Iris Tara Gibney of Harvey, WA

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal were issued to his only sibling Iris Gibney who had previously written to Base Records stating that their father was deceased and that their mother had abandoned them at a very young age and that she had no idea where her mother lived

Also served in the Citizen Military Forces

Virtual
War Memorial
Australia