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Benjamin Digby GIBSON

ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationPrivate practitioner
AddressThe Crescent, Vaucluse, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation37
Next of kinSister, Miss E.F. Gibson, The Crescent, Vaucluse, New South Wales
Enlistment date26 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentCaptain
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 5, Brigade HQ
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/33/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A34 Persic on 18 November 1915
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', Supplement, No. 29845 (1 December 1916); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 62 (19 April 1919)

Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialKantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 146), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
7
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Lois GIBSON. Native of Dublin, Ireland

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