William Alexander (Billy) GIBBS

GIBBS, William Alexander

Service Number: 1669
Enlisted: 7 March 1916
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 48th Infantry Battalion
Born: Calgara, via Kingston, South Australia, 3 April 1895
Home Town: Coonalpyn, The Coorong, South Australia
Schooling: Coonalpyn, South Australia
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, Ypes Belgium, 12 October 1917, aged 22 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Coonalpyn Honour Roll, Coonalpyn Soldiers Memorial Park Gates, Coonalpyn War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)
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World War 1 Service

11 Apr 1915: Involvement Private, 1669, 48th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
11 Apr 1915: Embarked Private, 1669, 48th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide
7 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private

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