Participant Info

Given Name

John

Family Name

Gibson

Service Number

1678

Place of Birth

Belfast Ireland

Occupation

Sailor

Place of Enlistment

Bairnsdale VIC

Next of Kin

Father, J Twitchett, McLeod Street, Bairnsdale, Victoria

Address on Enlistment

Ireland

Unit on Embarkation

22nd Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement

Age at Embarkation

38

Embarkation Vessel

HMAT A64 Demosthenes, Melbourne VIC on 16 July 1915

Rank on Enlistment

Private

Unit at Discharge

Rank at Death/Discharge

Private

Date of Return

9/02/1916

Place of death or wounding

Date of Death

Fate

RTA

Place of burial/memorial

Bray Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row BI, Grave No 6), France

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Link to record

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