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Bertrand Osmond Thorpe GIBBS

Regimental number1171
Place of birthNorthcote, Victoria
Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria
SchoolLongerenong Agricultural College,
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressPO Auckland, New Zealand
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs Lilian M Gibbs, Auckland PO, Auckland, New Zealand
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date15 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
FateDied whilst a Prisoner of War 8 September 1917
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Stated to be Bertrand Osmond Gibbs on NR
Place of death or woundingCandry, Belgium
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialCandry Old Communal Cemetery (Row A, Grave No. I), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
99
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Sydney and Lillian GIBBS

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