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Cenotaph record

John Henry Gibbons

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Rai Valley War Memorial, 1914-1918. Image kindly provided by John Halpin, CC BY John Halpin 2012.

Rai Valley War Memorial, 1914-1918. Image kindly provided by John Halpin, CC BY John Halpin 2012.

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Henry AWMM
  • Surname
    Gibbons AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 54487 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    31 May 1880 AWMM Nelson, Tasman AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 197 Avenue, Wanganui AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs M. Gibbons (wife), 34 Drummond Street, Wellington AWMM
  • Relationship status
    28 November 1903 AWMM Married/WWI AWMM
    Mary McLean, 2 children Darcy Harold and Arthur Roy Vincent AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 54487 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 8 February 1917 AWMM
    Age 37 AWMM
    Engineer/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Wounds Diseases Etc., WWI AWMM
    Myalgia - declared permanently unfit for war service. AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Did not embark overseas, unfit for military service. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Rai Valley War Memorial, State Highway 6, Rai Valley, Marlborough AWMM

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