David John Gibbs

Forenames

David John AWMM

Surname

Gibbs AWMM

Service number

WWI 4/01 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

1 May 1883 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Pre 05 Aug 1914 AWMM 16 Turnbull Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

J. Gibbs, 16 Turnbull Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 15 Aug 1914 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 4/01 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) AWMM
  DSO: London Gazette, 1 January 1918. Citation: "For distinguished service in the field [in France and Flanders]." AWMM
• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal with oak leaf AWMM
• Volunteer Officer's Decoration (VD) AWMM
• Colonial Auxiliary Forces Decoration AWMM
• Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal AWMM
• New Zealand Long and Efficient Service Medal AWMM
• New Zealand Volunteer Service Medal AWMM
• Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) Twice AWMM
  London Gazette 4 January 1917, p261, Rec No 451 | London Gazette 28 December 1917, p13575 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 05 Aug 1914 AWMM

Embarkation details

• WW1 HMNZT 1 or HMNZT 2 AWMM Vessel was Moeraki or Monowai AWMM Captain/Military AWMM New Zealand Field Engineers AWMM Samoan Advance Party AWMM
• WW1 13 Jun 1915-01 Aug 1915 AWMM
  HMNZT 25 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti AWMM 5th Reinforcements AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Last rank

Inter War 27 Jun 1919 AWMM Lieutenant Colonel/Military AWMM
New Zealand Engineers, 3rd Field Company AWMM

OC (Officer Commanding) with Engineers, Samoa.

OC 3 Field Engineers, France, 1 March 1916.

Lt Colonel and Commander of New Zealand Engineers, 1924-28.

Retired 22 September 1939. AWMM

Death

28 Jul 1946 AWMM
Age  63 AWMM

Memorial name

Wellington Harbour Great Wars Honours Board, Wellington AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16785399
  Further Reference
• Wikidata Entity
  http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25238693
  Further Reference

References

• McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 260
• Haigh, J., Polaschek, A. (Eds.). (1993). New Zealand and the Distinguished Service Order. Christchurch, N.Z.: Authors.
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 2: Includes portrait
• Annabell, N. Official History of the New Zealand Engineers during the Great War 1914–1919. Wanganui: Evans, Cobb & Sharpe, 1927.
• HMNZT 25. The Tahitian tatler : the unofficial organ of that portion of the Fifth Reinforcements on board H.M.N.Z.T. no. 25, Tahiti. (1915). Bombay, India: Printed by the Times Press for the Units of the Fifth New Zealand Reinforcements.