Trooper

Silas John Gibson

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Gibson, of Murchison, Nelson.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
7/720
Name:
Silas John Gibson
Rank: 
Trooper
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
P.H. Gibson (brother), Murchison, Nelson, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Care of Miss Hawksworth, Nelson, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
2nd Reinforcements, New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade, Canterbury Mounted Rifles

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
28 August 1915
Day of Death:
Saturday
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
2nd Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
14 December 1914
Transport:

HMNZT 13
HMNZT 14
HMNZT 15
Vessel:
Verdala or Willochra or Knight of the Garter
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Location: 
Turkey
Silas John Gibson
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