Regimental number | 2303 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Launceston, Tasmania |
School | Launceston Church Grammar School, Tasmania; Church Grammar School, Launceston, Tasmania |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | 17 Canning Street, Launceston, Tasmania |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 26 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Jessie Von Bibra, 17 Canning Street, Launceston, Tasmania |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 15th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/32/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A31 Ajana on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 47th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death | 28 |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 144 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Ernest and Jessie L VON BIBRA. |
Family/military connections | Brother: Captain Eric Ernest VON BIBRA, 52nd Bn, returned to Australia, 3 July 1917; Cousin: 6361 Pte Charles VON BIBRA, 12th Bn, killed in action, 6-10 April 1917. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Embarked from Australia, 4 June 1915. Landed at Gallipoli, 2 August 1915. Wounded (gun shot wound, left thigh and right knee), 7 August 1915. Admitted to 1st Australian General Hospital, Cairo, 12 August 1915; rejoined unit, 15 September 1915. Sick (jaundice), 11-28 January 1916; gastritis, 22-29 February 1916. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |