Horace Hugh Whatty GIBSON

Regimental number27164
Place of birthBlenheim
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinMother, Mrs Eliza Gibson, Paenga, Nelson
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 17th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Pakeha on 23 September 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unitCanterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 6 February 1917
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialCroix-du-Bac British Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No 1), Steenwerck, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mr E.G. and Eliza Gibson, Paenga, Ariki, Nelson
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 41, p. 11

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