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Edward GIBSON

Regimental number2421
Place of birthLondon, England
SchoolCardonald
Age on arrival in Australia15
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationShip's officer
AddressNorth Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs Norah Gibson, 'Cardonald', 31 Rosalind Street, Nth Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date22 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name45th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/62/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 24 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 13 April 1917
Place of death or woundingBullecourt, France
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialAchiet-Le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 20), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
69
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Norah GIBSON, 31 Rosalind Street, North Sydney, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 4947 Pte William Bernard GIBSON, 54th Bn, killed in action, 20 July 1916; 1853 Pte Walter George GIBSON, 4th Motor Transport Company. returned to Australia, 17 March 1919.

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