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Edward James GIBSON

Regimental number128
Place of birthFremantle, Western Australia
SchoolTenterden State School, Western Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressFremantle, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Margaret Rooke, 114 Cantonment Road, Fremantle, Western Australia
Enlistment date15 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name44th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/61/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 6 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll44th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 4 January 1919
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
138
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of Margaret ROOKE, Fremantle
Family/military connectionsFour brothers

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