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Walter Jefferis Gibbons

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 260 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 260 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Walter Jefferis AWMM
  • Surname
    Gibbons AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 17/303 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
    Unknown AWMM Upper Hutt, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Harry C. Gibbons (father), Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 13 June 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 17/303 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Walter Gibbons was the son of Harry Clifton Gibbons and Annie Elizabeth Gibbons, of Wellington, New Zealand. Also served in Egypt. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    30 September 1916 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    Somme, Northern France AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
04 June 2023Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
13 September 2022NormHavelock North NZResearcher
21 May 2018JillianNZOther relative
29 October 2017AllanRotoruaResearcher

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