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Alfred Lewis GIBSON

Regimental number1742
Place of birthDunedin, New Zealand
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation35
Height5' 7.5"
Weight153 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Gibson, c/o R Gibson, Port Chalmers, Dunedin, New Zealand
Previous military serviceServed in the 9th New Zealand Contingent, South Africa, 1903.
Enlistment date18 January 1915
Place of enlistmentLiverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/19/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on 10 April 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 21 July 1916
Place of burialLonguenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery (Plot IV, Row A, Grave No. 9), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
167
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Joined 2nd Bn, Gallipoli, 25 May 1915.

Wounded in action, 10 July 1915 (gun shot wound: superficial); admitted to Tigne hospital, Malta, 18 July 1915; transfererd to All Saints Convalescent Camp, 11 August 1915.

Found guilty, 13 September 1915, of while on Active service being drunk in Valetta: awarded 2 days' Field Punishment No 2.

Embarked for Egypt, 26 September 1915; marched in to Australian Overseas Base, Mustapha, 30 September 1915.

Embarked Alexandria to rejoin Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 18 October 1915; rejoined Bn, Gallipoli, 31 October 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria, 28 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Found guilty, Tel el Kebir, 6 January 1916, of (1) breaking camp; (2) being drunk in town, 30 December; (3) being absent from 1830, 29 December, to 1435, 30 December: awarded (charge 1) 7 days' Field Punishment No 2; charge 2: admonished; charge 3: forfeited 2 days' pay; total forfeiture: 9 days' pay.

Marched in to Australian Overseas Base, 4 January 1916.

Transferred to 54th Bn, 14 February 1916.

Transferred to 59th Bn, 12 May 1916; joined Bn, Ferry Post, 18 May 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Wounded in action, 19 July 1916 (gun shot wound, back and legs); admitted to 14th Field Ambulance, 21 July 1916, and transferred same day to 8th Casualty Clearing Station, and thence to 10th Stationary Hospital, St Omer.

Died of wounds, 21 July 1916 (gun shot wounds, back, legs and abdomen).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, GIBSON Alfred Lewis

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