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CIBICH, Walter Norman
| Service Number: | 1840 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 March 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Islington, South Australia, 22 February 1899 |
| Home Town: | Prospect (SA), Prospect, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Machinist |
| Died: | Prospect, South Australia, 13 August 1980, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
North Road Cemetery, Nailsworth, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Nailsworth Primary School Great War Roll of Honour, Prospect Roll of Honour A-G WWI Board |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1840, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA | |
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| 11 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 1840, 5th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 1840, 5th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide | |
| 18 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1840, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 1840, 5th Pioneer Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Peter Cibich and Elizabeth Cibich nee Brine of Prospect, SA
Brother of Arthur Edwin Cibich who returned to Australia on 28 January 1916 having served with the 27th Battalion; George Henry Cibich who returned to Australia on 17 Narch 1919 having served with the 43rd and 16th Battalaion and as a POW; Frederick Harold Cibich who returned to Australia on 12 March 1919 having served with the 27th Battalion and Florence Ivy Cibich
Commenced return to Australia on 5 July 1919 aboard HT Port Melbourne disembarkiing on 18 August 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
On 31 October 1925 Walter married Sarah Agnes Campion Ritchie in the Methodist Church, Prospect, SA