John Thomas GIBSON

Regimental number49887
Place of birthOtautau
OccupationEngineer
Next of kinWife, Mrs Pearl B Gibson, c/o Mrs A Stucks, 45 Teviot Street, Invercargill
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 28th Reinforcements (First Draft), Specialists Company, Machine Gun Section
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 89 Waitemata on 14 July 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 3 December 1917
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialHooge Crater Cemetery (Plot XII, Row C, Grave No 3), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Annie Gibson; Wife: Pearl Bertha Gibson, Waikoura, Invercargill
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 69, p. 17