| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 1DRL/0312 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm |
| Object type | Letter |
| Maker |
Gibbons, Frederick John |
| Place made | Australia: Tasmania, Hobart, Egypt: Cairo, France |
| Date made | 1915-1916 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM93 12/11/168 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Gibbons, Frederick John (Lance Corporal, b.1878 - d.1916)
Description
Collection relating to service of 2249 Lance Corporal Frederick John Gibbons, 26 Battalion AIF, Tasmania, Egypt and France. Collection includes letters written by Gibbons to his aunts in Oxfordshire, England, between June 1915 and June 1916 describing camp life.
History / Summary
This collection reflects the attitudes of a man who had lived most of his life in England and appears to have thought of himself as an Englishman rather than an Australian. The letters include numerous references to the disposal of his personal property in the event of his death.
Biographical note: Lance Corporal Frederick John Gibbons, 26 Battalion AIF, who on 29 July 1916 was killed in action at Pozieres. Other biographical details concerning him are: brewer (in England) and store manager (in Tasmania); of Launceston, Tasmania; born Eynsham, Oxfordshire, England; educated at the Grammar School, Woodstock, Oxfordshire; arrived in Australia when about 32 years old; age at time of death, 38.