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GIBSON, Herbert James
(Service number 6/463)

Pte Herbert James Gibson — (Supplement, Auckland Weekly News, 8 July 1915, p.40 )

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	30/06/1885	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date	* August 1914	Age	27 years 2 months
Address at Enlistment	Church Street, Timaru
Occupation	Carter; labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs Margaret A. GIBSON (mother), Church Street, Timaru
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 8 inches. Weight 140 lbs. Chest measurement 34-36½ inches. Complexion fair. Eyes blue. Hair light brown. Sight, hearing and colour vision all good. Limbs well formed. Full and perfect movement of joints. Chest well formed. Heart and lungs normal. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated, Good bodily and mental health. No slight defects.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date	16 October 1914
Transport	Tahiti or Athenic
Embarked From	Lyttelton, Canterbury	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egyptian; Balkan
Service Medals	1914-15 Star; 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	15 July 1916	Reason	No longer physically fit. Illness.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Reported wounded - April/May 1915

Post-war Occupations

Railway clerk

Death

Date	27 December 1962	Age	77 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Christchurch
Memorial Reference	Block 1B; Plot 7
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Herbert James GIBSON was a son of Joseph and Margaret Ann (née FOX) GIBSON. His brother Sydney Harold GIBSON died of wounds in 1917 and another brother, Ernest Stanley GIBSON also served in WWI. He was in the Second South Canterbury Company under commanding officer Captain D. Grant. In September 1915 he was admitted to the Military Hospital, Bethnal Green, London. Herbert was a member of the Star Football Club. At the club's annual meeting in April 1915 his name was among those forwarded to the South Canterbury Rugby Union for the compilation of a New Zealand Roll of Honour.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [28 October 2013]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5539 0044390) [27 August 2015]; Ruru Lawn Cemetery burial records (Christchurch City Council) [30 October 2013]; Timaru Herald, 16 April 1915, 7 May 1915, Sun, 5 September 1914, 13 September 1915, Dominion, 7 May 1915, New Zealand Herald, 1 September 1915 (Papers Past) [13 October 2014; 11 & 12 February 2015]

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