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GIBSON, James Francis
(Service number 6/461)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	59 Banks Street, Timaru
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs J. GIBSON, Till Street, Oamaru
Religion
Medical Information

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

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Biographical Notes

James Francis GIBSON. James was one of many keen and determined applicants at the Drill Shed on 11 August 1914. He was not one of those rejected, mostly for defects to the teeth and one or two on account of height; he passed the medical exanimation and was sworn in. The successful applicants were liable to be called up at any moment, and it was quite probable that they would leave Timaru in a matter of days for the central camp at Christchurch as part of the 2nd South Canterbury Regiment's quota.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [02 September 2014]; timaru Herald, 12 August 1914 (Papers Past) [01 September 2014]

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