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CIBICH, Frederick Harold
| Service Number: | 767 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 February 1915, Enlisted at Keswick, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 27 July 1893 |
| Home Town: | Prospect (SA), Prospect, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Striker |
| Died: | Myrtle Bank, South Australia, 27 March 1981, aged 87 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Columbarium, Wall 24, Niche E024. Interred on 30 March 1981 |
| 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, Queenstown Christ Church Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 767, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Keswick, SA | |
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| 31 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 767, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 31 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 767, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Oct 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 767, 27th Infantry Battalion, In France | |
| 3 Nov 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 767, 27th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Gassed. Invalided to England on 17 November 1917 | |
| 19 Jul 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 767, 27th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit due to fibrosis lung | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 767, 27th Infantry 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; Walter Norman Cibich who returned to Australia on 5 July 1919 having served with the 6th Pioneer Battalion; George Henry Cibich who returned to Australia on 17 March 1919 having served with the 43rd Battalion and 16th Battalion and was a POW and Florence Ivy Cibich
Husband of Ethel Rose Cibich nee Webb of Bosanquet Avenue, Prospect, SA. Frederick and Ethel married on 21 April 1915 at the residence of W.C. Brooker of Alberton, SA
Commenced return to Australia on 12 March 1919 aboard HT Kenilworth Castle
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal