Regimental number | 1470 |
Place of birth | Leeming, near Bedale, Yorkshire, England |
School | Secondary School, Jarrow on tyne, England |
Age on arrival in Australia | 22 |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Copper Smith |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 25 |
Height | 5' 8" |
Weight | 158 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Robert Gibson, Hebburn on Tyne |
Previous military service | Served for 3 years in the Royal Naval Volunteers. |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Kerang, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 14th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | *Stated to be Edwin Robert Gibson on NR |
Place of death or wounding | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 26.11 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 26 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 41), Gallipoli, Turkey The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey. The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank. The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here. |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 72 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Robert and Marie GIBSON, Shildon House, Frobisher Street, Hebburn-on-Tyne, England. Native of Leeming, Yorks |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 12 April 1915. Evacuated (gun shot wound, upper extremities) on 'Dongola', 3 May 1915; tranferred to 'Letitia', 6 May 1915; admitted to No. 1 General Hospital, Edgbaston, England, 20 May 1915; embarked to rejoin unit, Gallipoli, 6 August 1915. Reported missing, Gallipoli, 21 August 1915. Court of Inquiry held at Serapeum, 6 April 1916, pronounced fate as 'killed in action, Gallipoli, 21 August 1915'. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, GIBSON Edwin Robert |