Christopher GIBSON

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Service Number:	2080
Enlisted:	1 June 1916, Place of Enlistment, Melbourne, Victoria.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	39th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Newport, Victoria, Australia, 24 December 1887
Home Town:	Horsham, Wimmera, Victoria
Schooling:	State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer .
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Tyne Cot Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Plot XX11, Row F, Grave No 8, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Williamstown Pictorial Honour Board

1 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2080, 39th Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Melbourne, Victoria.
25 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 2080, 39th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
25 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 2080, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne

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