SIBBIN, George Stuart
| Service Number: | 3922 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 59th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Bairnsdale, East Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Bairnsdale State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Drapers Assistant / Salesman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3922, Depot Battalion | |
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| 23 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3922, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3922, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3922, 59th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3922 awm_unit: 59th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-19 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
George Stuart Sibbin
According to statements contained in a number of letters received by the mail delivered last week, there can be little doubt as to the fate of one of the Bairnsdale boys who has been reported as missing since the third week in July last. It is positively stated that the young soldier referred to Pte. G. S. Sibbin, eldest son of Mr and Mrs James Sibbin was seen to be struck and to fall after being engaged in attending to a wounded comrade.
The writers have no doubt at all that he made the supreme sacrifice. Indeed a chum who was near him states that he was an eyewitness of Pte. Sibbin's death. Sister Jackson, in a cablegram to "The Advertiser" on Monday confirms these statements.
Pte. Sibbin, though not a native of Bairnsdale, lived here since, early childhood. He attended the Bairnsdale State School, after which he entered the drapery business of 'Messrs Shannon Bros., in whose employ he remained up to the time he enlisted. He was a member of St. Andrew's Presbyterian choir and the comedian of the socials held in the school hall, he saw humour in almost everything, and in Egypt and afterwards in France, he brightened up considerably the lot of those with whom he was associated with his cheery optimism and ready wit.
His surviving comrades were deeply affected by his death. "Poor Stuart," one of them writes, "we have lost a very loveable pal, whom we will never cease to miss. A blank has come into our lives 'by his death."
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