Pte
Ernest Arthur Gibbs
Information about birth
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Year of birth: 1888 |
Army information
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Country: Australia |
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Force: Australian Imperial Force |
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Rank: Private |
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Service number: 2147 |
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Units: — Australian Infantry, 1st Bn. (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 03/10/1917 |
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Place of death: Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, Belgium |
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Cause of death: Killed in action (K.I.A.) |
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Age: 29 |
Cemetery
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Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood Plot: 16 Row: B Grave: 4-6 |
Points of interest 1
| #1 | Place of death (approximate) |
Sources 2
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1st Australian Infantry, (Australian War Memorial, Campbell (AWM), AWM4 23/18/24). https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1338583 Sources used |
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First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920 (National Archives of Australia, Canberra (NAA), B2455, GIBBS E A). https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/SearchScreens/NameSearch.aspx Sources used |
More information 4
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/480239 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=f1dcba65-1790-4c41-b031-a029b6ebd18c |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/7450201 |
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The AIF Project (UNSW Canberra) https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=109836 |