Victor Thomas DIBBLE

Regimental number26573
Date of birth27 February 1895
Place of birthAuckland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 9"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Dibble, Arthur Street, Ellerslie, Auckland
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 8th Reinforcements to 4th Battalion, H Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 65 Pakeha on 23 September 1916
Discharge date28 March 1919
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 26571 Jesse Cyril DIBBLE; 26572 Ralph Ambrose DIBBLE; 11/1271 Samuel Trevor DIBBLE
Other details

War service: Western Front

Wounded in action, Messines, 7 June 1917 (gun shot wound, left leg and thigh: severe), and admitted to No 2 Stationary Hospital; transferred to No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 20 July 1917 (left leg amputated); to NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 25 August 1917; discharged from hospital, 17 May 1918.

Sent to Bank of New Zealand, London, 27 May 1918; completed course in shorthand, office routine, stencil work and typing, 2 December 1918.

Commenced return to New Zealand on board 'Zealandic', 27 February 1919; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of wounds received in action), 28 March 1919.

Total war service: 2 years 303 days (of which 2 years 157 days were abroad).

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Died of self-inflicted bullet wound, 14 February 1932.
Date of death14 February 1932 Palmerston North
Age at death37
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 41, p. 38
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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