Souvenir studio portrait of 1713/1754 Private (Pte) George Frederick Gibson (alias Gilson), A ...

Accession Number P09381.013
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Souvenir studio portrait of 1713/1754 Private (Pte) George Frederick Gibson (alias Gilson), A Company, 1st Battalion. Pte Gibson, an enginner from East Maitland, NSW enlisted in January 1915 under the alias Gilson, serving with the 1st Battalion at Gallipoli. Wounded, he was repatriated to Australia and discharged in March 1916. He re-enlisted in the Camel Corps in January 1917, using the name Gibson, and served in the Signal Squadron of the ANZAC Mounted Division, before transfering to the Australian Airline Section. He returned to Australia in 1919.