William Butson GIBSON

Regimental number36056
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinMother, Mrs W H Gibson, Athol, Southland
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 23rd Reinforcements
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Moeraki on 19 April 1917
Final rankTrooper
Final unitAuckland Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateKilled in Action 30 March 1918
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsJerusalem Memorial (Panel No 1), Israel
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Phoebe Ann Gibson, Wyndham, Southland, and the late William Henry Gibson
Other details

War service: Egypt, Palestine

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 58, p. 1