Benjamin Paul GIBSON

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Service Number:	515
Enlisted:	26 August 1914, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1887
Home Town:	Murrumbeena, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 27 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 20, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

26 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 515, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 515, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 515, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney

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Son of Benjamin Stewart Gibson and Elizabeth Jane Gibson nee Morrow of Waverley Road, Murumbeena, Victoria

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