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Accession Number | 1DRL/0313 |
Collection type | Private Record |
Record type | Collection |
Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm |
Object type | Letter |
Maker |
Gibbs, Ernest Arthur |
Place made | Egypt, France, United Kingdom: England |
Date made | 1916-1917 |
Access | Open |
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM93 12/11/169 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Gibbs, Ernest Arthur (Private)
Description
Collection relating to service of 2147 Private Ernest Arthur Gibbs, 1 Battalion AIF, Egypt, England and France. Collection includes letters written by Gibbs to his parents in England, between January 1916 and August 1917, and a Field Ambulance note.
History / Summary
Biographical note: Private Ernest Arthur Gibbs, 1 Battalion AIF, who on 3 October 1917, was killed in action at Polygon Wood, near Ypres. Other biographical details concerning him are: solicitor's clerk (in England) and ship's steward on the Australian coast; of Sydney, NSW, born New Cross, London, educated at London Road School, Southend on Sea, England; came to Australia when 23 years old; age at time of death 29; was wounded at Anzac, and again at Pozieres.