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GIBSON, Mackenzie
(Service number 18/9)

St Augustine Church War Memorial, pictured in 2011 — (South Canterbury Museum )

Plaque, St Augustine Church War Memorial, pictured in 2011 — (South Canterbury Museum )

Aliases
First Rank	Chaplain Class III (Major)	Last Rank

Birth

Date	7 May 1859	Place of Birth	Bristol, Avon, England

Enlistment Information

Date	01/03/1915; 23 July 1915	Age	55 years
Address at Enlistment	Sumner, New Zealand
Occupation	Clergyman
Previous Military Experience	Major Chaplain 8th South Canterbury Mounteds - serving
Marital Status	Married. Three children
Next of Kin	Noel GIBSON (son), Mount St John's Avenue, Epsom, Auckland
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 7 inches. Weight 10 stone. Chest measurement 35½-37½ inches. Complexion dark. Eyes brown. Hair brown. Sight - both eyes 6/9 with spectacles. Hearing & colour vision both good. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. Teeth good. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily & mental health. Slight defect(s) but not sufficient to cause rejection. No distinctive marks or marks indicating congenital peculiarities or previous disease. "Above named appointed to VI Reinforcements as Chaplain."

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Chaplains Department
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	6th Reinforcements
Date	(1) 14 August 1915; (2) 15 November 1916
Transport	(1) Willochra or Tofua; (2) Tahiti or Maunganui
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egyptian; Egyptian Expeditionary Force
Service Medals	British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date	7 November 1919	Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	7 November 1940	Age	81 years
Place of Death	Kishmet, Esher, Surrey, England
Cause
Notices	Times, 9 November 1940
Memorial or Cemetery	Esher, Surrey
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Mackenzie GIBSON married Alice Mary Coutts Gibson on 7 August 1884 at St Paul's, Dunedin. Children born to Mackenzie and Alice were Noel Mackenzie Phillips Gibson on 24 December 1885 at Dunedin, Mary Mowat Gibson on 6 June 1888, and Mackenzie Gibson on 13 May 1889 at Akaroa. He was a clergyman in NZ. He died in England. He was the father of McKenzie GIBSON who was killed in action in 1917. This remark was inserted into medical record - "Above named appointed to VI Reinforcements as Chaplain."

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [30 October 2013]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5539 0044427) [18 June 2017], NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5937 0359407) [18 June 2017]; Timaru Herald, 18 February 1915, Press, 12 February 1934, 10 September 1937, Nrew Zealand Herald, 5 January 1935 (Papers Past) [24 June 2016; 12 July 2016]

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