21451 - Sapper

William

GIBSON

2nd Reinforcements

Timeline


1916

1916

2 May

Enlistment

Auckland Military District

1916

4 May

Initial training

Narrow Neck, Auckland

1916

22 May

Awarded 3 days confinement to barracks and forfeited 1 day pay for overstaying leave

1916

26 June

Transfer to England

HMNZT 56 - Maunganui

1916

17 August

Deserted during voyage, Durban

1916

12 September

Marched in to NZ Sling Camp, Bulford

Transferred

Wellington Regiment

Decoration

British War Medal
British War Medal

Victory Medal
Victory Medal

Sources and bibliography

  • Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5539 20/0044475, Military Personnel File: William GIBSON - 21451.
  • Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau: William GIBSON.
  • Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Wellington, Government Printer, 1914-1919, Volume II, Roll N°34, p. 41.

How to cite this page

Anthony BYLEDBAL, “William GIBSON (21451)”, New Zealand Tunnellers, 2024 (2009). Accessed: 19 April 2024. URL: https://www.nztunnellers.com/roll/details.php?id=309