HIBBLE, Alfred Gordon
| Service Number: | 1662 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 54th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Ashfield, Ashfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney Technical High School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Chemist |
| Died: | Unknown, place of death not yet discovered, date not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Sydney Technical High School WW1 Roll Of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1662, 54th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 14 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 1662, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 1662, 54th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1662, 54th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles was the first major battle fought by Australian troops on the Western Front. Directed against a strong German position known as the Sugar Loaf salient, the attack was intended primarily as a feint to draw German troops away from the Somme offensive then being pursued further to the south. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sydney Technical High School
Alfred Gordon Hibble was born in Sydney, NSW, Australia, on an unknown exact date (1), but sometime between 1895 and 1896 (2).During his childhood, he lived on Charlotte Street in the Inner-West suburb of Ashfield, NSW (3), and his father was Alfred Edward Hibble, who passed away in 1932. (4)
He attended Sydney Technical High School in 1911, although in is not known what school year he was in during 1911, nor could his graduating year be found. After school he worked as a Chemist (6). On the 6th August, 1915, Hibble decided to enlist himself into the AIF(Australian Imperial Force), in Holsworthy, a suburb in south-western Sydney, he was ranked Corporal, and his service number was 1662. (7).
Not long after, on the 14th of April, Hibble, embarked across the globe, from Australia to Egypt, aboard the HMAT A40 Ceramic, as a part of the 54th Infantry Battalion (8). Once he and his Battalion had arrived, they soon traveled to Tel-el-Kabir, about 110 Km north-north-east of Cairo, before beginning intensive training (9).
In July 1916 Hibble moved from Alexandria to England to the 14th Training Battalion Camp. In March 1917 he was admitted to hospital withg mumps and retrned to the training depot at Tidworth. In early 1918 he was sent to trance and was soon after gassed in March and sent to hospital to recover, returning to his unit in May. He was once again hospitalised in August 1918 and sent to base depot at Havre thereafter. Again he was sent back to his unit to be wounded again 1st Octobver 1918 with gun shot wounds to left ankle and foot. He was sent to the 1st Australian Auxillary Hospital at Harefield to convalesce.
Hibble was repatriated back to Australia in March 1918 on the 'Dunluge Castle' and spent time in the ship's hospital with tonsilitis. He arrived back in Australia 15th May 1919.
There is limited information available about Alfred Gordon Hibble’s life after the war or his family.
REFERENCES
1.https://vwma.org.au/explore/people/308466 2.https://aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=136270 3. HIBBLE Alfred Gordon MORRISON51.docx
4.https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/?name=Alfred+Gordon+_Hibble&event=_sydn ey-new+south+wales-australia_100600&location=5027&priority=australian
5. THS 1911 Division 1 and Division 2a.jpg 6.https://vwma.org.au/explore/people/308466
7.https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDet ail.aspx?Barcode=5457168&isAv=N
8.https://vwma.org.au/explore/people/308466 9.54th Battalion (Australia) - Wikipedia 10.https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E84321 11.https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E84360 12.https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E84581 13.https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E84643 14.https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P11032788
15.https://www.theworldwar.org/learn/about-wwi/hundred-days-offensive#:~:text=Th e%20 Hundred%20 Days%20 Offensive%20was,defeat%20of%20the%20 German%20 Army.