Gibson, Frederick Crowdy

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Gibson, Frederick Crowdy Service Number 5378

Killed in Action 8th August 1918 France

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NAME Gibson, Frederick Crowdy

SERVICE NO 5378

UNIT 13th Battalion/ 17th Rienf.

RANK Private

AGE at Enlistment 21 yrs

PLACE OF BIRTH Cooma, NSW

ADDRESS

OCCUPATION Labourer

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 13 Nov 1915

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT Goulburn, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE

NEXT OF KIN Father;- E Gibson, “Glenroy”, Ourimbah

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION Height-5’ 9½”. Weight-150lbs. Chest-34”. Complexion-Fair. Eyes-Blue. Hair-L Brown. Scar-1” front of R/Thigh.

RELIGION R/C

EMBARKED Sydney 9 Apr 1916 per HMAT A71 “Nestor”.

DISEMBARKED

NOTES 13 Oct 1917- Belgium, Awarded Military Medal

WOUNDED/ILLNESS 14 Mar 1917- Sick, tonsillitis

DIED 8 Aug 1918- France

BURIED

MEDALS British War Medal-36253, Victory Medal-35976. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-349563.

DEPENDANTS

PERSONAL EFFECTS 1 Gun Metal Watch (damaged), 1 Pr Socks, 1 Pr Woollen Gloves/ 1 Wallet, Photos, Cards, Letters/

Sydney Morning Herald 2nd September 1918 pg. 6 ROLL OF HONOR

GIBSON;- Killed in action, in France, August 8, 1918, Frederick C Gibson (Crowdy), MM., late stretcher bearer, 13th Battalion. Inserted by his fond cousins. Nell and Babe Pantlin, Banksia.

Gosford Times 5th September 1918 Killed in Action

Private Frederick Crowdy Gibson, aged 23 years 8 months was killed in action in France on the 8 th August last. Deceased was the eldest son of Mr and Mrs A Gibson, of Macquarie Farm, Glenfield, late of "Glenroy" Ourimbah. He enlisted at Gosford in 1914, and was attached to 13th Battalion, D Company, 4th Division. While on active service he was recommended by Major-General Holmes for his plucky work as a stretcher-bearer during as attack on the 4th and 5th February, 1917, and was awarded a Military Medal. On the 14th November of the same year he was again congratulated by Major-General MacL*gan for pluck and devo-tion to duty, tending wounded under fire near Zonneluke on September 26, 1917. the deceased soldier was a native of Cooma, Monaro, where his family resided for some years. He was a prominent foot-baller, his Battalion (the 13th) having won six trophies since the advent of the war.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 5038586

















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