GIBSON, Ernest

Service Number –   4508.

Rank –   Private.

Unit / Division –   11th  Battalion,  transferred  to  51st  Battalion.

Enlistment Date –   1  November  1915.

Address on Enlistment –   72  Lake  Street,  Perth,  W, A.

Occupation on Enlistment –   Bootmaker.

Next of Kin on Enlistment –   Father-  William  Gibson,  Mother-  Amelia  Gibson,  both  of  Constitution  Road,  Bunbury,  W. A.

 

Religion –   Church  of  England.

Embarkation Details –   From  Fremantle  on  12  February  1916  on  HMAT  A28  “ Miltiades “.

KIA / Mortally Wounded –

Date –   3  September  1916.

Place –   Mouquet  Farm,  Pozieres,  France.

Age at Death –   39.

Burial Location / Commemoration Details –   Villers-  Brettoneux  Memorial,  Somme,  France  .  ( No  Known  Grave ).

Panel Number, Roll of Honour (Australian War Memorial) –   152.