William Henry GIBBS

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GIBBS, William Henry

Service Numbers:	5718, 5718
Enlisted:	21 March 1916, 18th Reinforcements
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Cannington, Western Australia, 1884
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Contractor
Died:	Maddington, Western Australia, 3 December 1967, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
Memorials:	Gosnells Road Board HR, Gosnells Ward Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

21 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5718, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), 18th Reinforcements
18 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 5718, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
18 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 5718, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Seang Bee, Fremantle
11 Apr 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5718, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), France: GSW left arm
10 Jul 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5718, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), France: Shell Wound
4 Jun 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5718, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), per Bremen for Australia
30 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, 5718, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

William was the third of six children of Stephen Sealy Gibbs (born 1847 at Wanneroo in WA) and Eliza White (born 1851 at Kelmscott in WA). Stephen, a Farmer, and Eliza married in Perth in 1879 and settled at Canning where they raised their family before moving to East Perth in 1910.

William was a Contractor in East Perth in 1916 when he enlisted in the AIF. He served with 16th Infantry Battalion as a Private (Service No:5718) and was WIA in France on two occasions. He was Discharged in 1919. Nephews Robert (Service No:W34214), Senly (RAAF, Service No:16714), and Norman (Service No:Wx35321) served in WWII.

Returning to WA, William was a Farmer in Maddington WA when he married Hilda Lucy Dellar (born 1900 in Canning, WA) in 1929. William and Hilda settled at Maddington, where William was a Farmer, and then a Contractor. He died in 1967 and Hilda in 1985.

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