James Edwin GIBBS

Regimental number46577
OccupationFarm hand
Next of kinWife, Mrs F E Gibbs, c/o Mrs S Fuller, Hororata
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 25th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Turakina on 26 April 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 26 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialFavreuil British Cemetery (Plot I, Row D, Grave No 9), nr Bapaume, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Bessie Gibbs, Darfield, Selwyn
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 62, p. 11

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