Regimental number | 42495 |
Place of birth | Mosgiel, Otago |
Occupation | Butcher |
Next of kin | Brother, R M Gibson, Mosgiel |
Rank on embarkation | Private |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 23rd Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Ruapehu on |
Final rank | Private |
Final unit | 3rd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 36 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | Tyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 3), nr Ieper, Belgium |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Robert and Alice Gibson |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 57, p. 14 |
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