Gibbins, Norman (Captain, b.1878 - d.1916)

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Accession Number PR02053
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement Extent: 3.5 cm; Wallet/s: 2
Object type Album, Newspaper cutting, Letter
Maker Gibbins, Norman
Place made France
Date made 1915-1916
Access Open
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
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Description

Papers of Captain Norman Gibbins who served in the 55th Battalion during the First World War. Gibbins was killed in France on 20 July 1916. Collection consists of a photograph album containing black and white photographs of Gibbins and other soldiers of the 55th Battalion in Tel el Kebir in 1915. Written in the front cover is a short list of some of the men who served in the Battalion. Correspondence includes letters of condolence sent to Norman's sister, Violet Gibbins, from the Governor-General's officer and other soldiers in his battalion, August 1916. A newsclipping referring to Gibbins by Charles Bean is also included.

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