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Edward Temply GIBSON

Regimental number627
Place of birthSunderland, England
SchoolChalmers Academy, Sunderland, england
Age on arrival in Australia23
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationEngineer
AddressCommonwealth Hotel, Geraldton, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation35
Next of kinFather, John Gibson, 10 Chester Street, Sunderland, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date9 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name28th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/45/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 29 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Field Company Engineers
FateDied of wounds 2 August 1916
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Spelt Edward Templey Gibson on NR
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death40
Place of burialPuchevillers British Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 46), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
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