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GIBBS, Alexander Frederick
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1358 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 October 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Inverell, Inverell, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 5 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery Row C, Grave 16, 4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glen Innes & District Soldiers Memorial, Inverell & District Memorial Olympic Pool WW1 Honour Roll, Inverell War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 27 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1358, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 11 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1358, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1358, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Rosa Martha Chaffey of 'Belgravia', Ross Street, Inverell, NSW. Brother of Arthur William Gibbs who returned to Australia on 15 November 1918 having served with the 7th Light Horse Regiment's Machine Gun Section and Leslie Gibbs who returned to Australia on 12 April 1917 having served with the 17th Battalion
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal