GIMSON, Charles
(Service number 33155)
| First Rank | Sergeant | Last Rank | Sergeant |
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Birth
| Date | 03/04/1878 | Place of Birth | Temuka |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Geraldine | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
| Previous Military Experience | Geraldine Rifles - 3 years NCO | ||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | C. W. GIMSON (father), Geraldine | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Reinforcements, J Company | ||
| Date | 2 April 1917 | ||
| Transport | Corinthic | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Plymouth, Devon, England | |
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| Last Unit Served With | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 3 September 1947 | Age | 69 years |
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| Place of Death | Geraldine | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Geraldine Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Charles Gimson was born on 3 April 1878 at Temuka, the second son of Charles William and Martha Anne Kitney (née Binskin) Gimson, who came from Kent to New Zealand in the early 1870. His father was at one time a storekeeper at Winchester. C. Gimson was one of four infantry non-commissioned officers who left Timaru on 23 August 1916 with the 20th Reinforcements draft to go into training for the Twenty-second Reinforcements. His brother, Thomas Jesse Gimson, also enlisted, and two others were called up – William and Albert Henry.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [15 August 2020]; Geraldine Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [16 August 2020]; Timaru Herald, 23 August 1916 (Papers Past) [19 December 2015]
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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG
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