Herbert Simms GIBSON

Regimental number2/1715
AddressManutuke, Poverty Bay
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinBrother, Thomas Gibson, Manutuke, Poverty Bay
Rank on embarkationDriver
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Maunganui on 13 June 1915
Final rankDriver
Final unitNo 1 Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery
FateKilled in Action 21 October 1916
Place of burialA.I.F. Burial Ground (Plot I, Row E, Grave No 28), Flers, France
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Parents: Mr & Mrs Alex Gibson, Manutuke, Poverty Bay
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Field Artillery/Fifth