Phillip Arthur Osborn GIBBES

Regimental number10/475
Date of birth17 May 1884
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDrover
AddressAwahari Road, Feilding
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation30
Height5' 7.5"
Weight147 lbs
Next of kinMrs Mabel J A Gibbes, Awahari Road, Feilding
Previous military serviceServed for 5 years in the Heretaunga Mounted Rifles Regiment.
Enlistment date22 August 1914
Place of enlistmentAwapuni
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankPrivate
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 14 May 1916
Discharge date11 August 1916
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked, 22 August 1915.

Transferred to Divisional Headquarters, Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, 25 July 1915.

Attached to NZ Advance Base Depot, Mustapha, Egypt, 29 September 1915.

Commenced return to New Zealand on board SS 'Willochra', 14 May 1916 (guard for specie); discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of illness contracted on Active Service: effects of dysentery), 11 August 1916.

Total war service: 1 year 355 days (of which 1 year 22 days was abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death8 February 1940 Palmerston North
Age at death55
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 1880, File 167857055