Alexander John MACGIBBON

MACGIBBON, Alexander John

Service Number: 928
Enlisted: 19 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Bombardier
Last Unit: 4th Australian Field Artillery Battery
Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1890
Home Town: Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria
Schooling: Scotch College, St Thomas Grammar School, Melbourne University, Victoria
Occupation: Medical Student
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 10 June 1915
Cemetery: Beach Cemetery - ANZAC Cove
Plot 11, Row A, Grave 11 Headstone inscription reads: Beloved elder son of Dr. W. & Mrs. MacGibbon for ever with the Lord, Beach Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Camberwell War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

19 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 928, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
20 Oct 1914: Involvement Gunner, 928, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914: Embarked Gunner, 928, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
31 May 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , At Gallipoli
10 Jun 1915: Involvement Bombardier, 928, 4th Australian Field Artillery Battery, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 928 awm_unit: 4th Australian Field Artillery Battery awm_rank: Bombardier awm_died_date: 1915-06-10

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Walter MacGibbon MD. and Elizabeth Corsar MacGibbon nee Sturrock of 26 Moorhouse Street, East Camberwell, Victoria formely of Berry Street, Coburg, Victoria

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