Horace Stanley GIBSON

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Service Number:	1817
Enlisted:	6 July 1915, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	4th Divisional Signal Company
Born:	Quarry Hill, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Eaglehawk, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	State School, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in action, Steenvoorde, Belgium, 23 September 1917
Cemetery:	Hooge Crater Cemetery Plot I, Row E, Grave No. 15
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Eaglehawk Uniting Church Honour Board and Memorial Windows

6 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, SN 1817, 1st Signal Company Engineers, Melbourne, Vic.
9 Sep 1915:	Involvement Sapper, SN 1817, 1st Signal Company Engineers, Third Ypres
9 Sep 1915:	Embarked Sapper, SN 1817, 1st Signal Company Engineers, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
6 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 4th Divisional Signal Company, Egypt
8 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, SN 1817, 4th Divisional Signal Company, Mouquet Farm
11 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, SN 1817, 4th Divisional Signal Company, Bullecourt (First)
7 Jun 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, SN 1817, 4th Divisional Signal Company, Battle of Messines
23 Sep 1917:	Involvement Sapper, SN 1817, Third Ypres

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