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Horace Stanley GIBSON

Regimental number1817
Place of birthBendigo, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationClerk
AddressBarrell Street, Eaglehawk, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinW. Gibson, Barrell Street, Eaglehawk, Victoria
Enlistment date6 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameSignal Company Engineers Reinforcement 12
AWM Embarkation Roll number22/11/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on 9 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Divisional Signal Company
FateKilled in Action 23 September 1917
Place of death or woundingZonnebeke, Belgium
Age at death24.3
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialHooge Crater Cemetery (Plot I, Row E, Grave No. 15), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
25
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Sarah GIBSON, 147 Barnard Street, Bendigo, Victoria

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