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GIBSON, Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5827 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Larriston, New Castleton, Scotland, United Kingdom, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Mudgee, Mid-Western Regional, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 31 August 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension Grave III. J. 27. INSCRIPTION IN MEMORY OF THE DEARLY BELOVED SON OF MR. & MRS. GIBSON HAWICK , Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, Peronne, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 5827, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 5827, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
Personal Stories
Help us honour Robert Gibson's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 33 and the son of James and Grace Gibson, of Branxholm Park Cottages, Hawick.
There are many Australian soldier casualties of the Great War honoured on the Hawick War Memorial, but Robert isn’t one of them.