Thomas Edward BIBBY

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Service Number:	1229
Enlisted:	21 March 1916, Ararat, Victoria, Australia
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	39th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Navarre, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Navarre, Northern Grampians, Victoria
Schooling:	State School, Narvasse, Victoria
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 26 May 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais Plot 1, Row K, Grave 19 Rev. G.K. Tucker officiated, Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

21 Mar 1916:	Enlisted Ararat, Victoria, Australia
27 Mar 1916:	Embarked HMAT A11 Ascanius from Melbourne
27 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 1229, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
27 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 1229, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
26 May 1917:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 1229, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1229 awm_unit: 39th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-05-26

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39 Battalion

Rank - Lance Corporal

26 September 1916 in Field Hospital with Measles

Died of abdominal injuries

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Son of Thomas and Ellen Bibby, of Navarre, Victoria, Australia.