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Thomas GIBSON

Regimental number3747
Date of birth24 October 1888
Place of birthBelfast, Co Antrim, Ireland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
Addressc/o John Telford, Spring Creek, Clifton, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinFather, J Gibson, 9 Alaska Street, Belfast, Ireland
Enlistment date24 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll4 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on 30 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Divisional Signal Company
FateReturned to Australia 1 May 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated on Agnes Street Presbyterian Church, Shankill Road, Belfast, Roll of Honour [now located in The Somme Heritage Centre, Bangor, Northern Ireland].
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in World War II as Q186988; enlisted, 18 October 1939; discharged, 28 July 1944, as Lance Corporal, 32nd Garrison Bn.

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