Robert GIBSON

GIBSON, Robert

Service Number: 5827
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
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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: ''
7 Oct 1916: Embarked Private, 5827, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney

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Biography 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.