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Francis Hume Gibbison

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Francis Hume AWMM
  • Surname
    Gibbison AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Frank AWMM
    • Francis Hume Gibbison AWMM
  • Service number
    • Jayforce 662719 AWMM
    • Korea 203678 AWMM
    • Korea 203678 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Jayforce Pre 1946-1948 AWMM Kauroa AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Jayforce Mrs. C. Gibbison, Kauroa (m) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1946-1948 AWMM Single/Jayforce AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Jayforce 1946-1948 2NZEF Nom. Roll 16, p.46 Farmer's labourer/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 16, p.46
    Hamilton, Waikato 2NZEF Nom. Roll 16, p.46
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  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
    8 May 2021 AWMM
    Age 94 AWMM
    Tauranga, Bay of Plenty AWMM
  • Date of death
    4 May 2021 Public - Coralie - Child - 17 July 2021 - Death certificate
  • Age at death
    94 Public - Coralie - Child - 17 July 2021 - Death certificate
  • Place of death
    Tauranga Public - Coralie - Child - 17 July 2021 - Death certificate
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
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  • Obituary
    GIBBISON, Francis Hume (Frank). Major, RNZA, NZ Army Japan 662719; Korea 203678; UNMOGIP Frank died peacefully in Tauranga on 4 May 2021 aged 94 years. Much loved husband of Joan and father of Sue, Wynne, Coralie and Roger. Morfar to his 8 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. (The New Zealand Herald on May 8, 2021) AWMM
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Sources

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    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1950). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 16 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1946 to 30th June, 1948). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.46 AWMM
    • Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press. AWMM
    • Nominal rolls - Nominal rolls embarkation K-force [Korea Nominal Roll], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1433 (R22440250) AWMM
    • Chamberlain, H. (2013). The New Zealand Korea Roll : honouring those who served in the New Zealand Armed Forces in Korea, 1950-1957. Wellington, N.Z.: Author. AWMM

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17 July 2021CoralieRaglan, New ZealandChild

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