Topic: AIF - 1B - 3 LHR
3rd LHR, AIF
3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
Fergus Stanley Ibbott
Fergus Stanley Ibbott's name on the Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial
Fergus Stanley Ibbott
Service number: 1069
Rank: Corporal [Cpl]
Unit: 3rd Australian Light Horse
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 6 August 1916
Cause of death: Died of wounds
Cemetery or memorial details: EGYPT 2 Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
War Grave Register notes: IBBOTT, Cpl. Fergus Stanley, 1069. 3rd Australian Light Horse. Died of wounds 6th Aug., 1916. Age 26. Son of George William and Charlotte Jane Ibbott, of Strathbarton Apsley, Tasmania. B. 16.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army
A brief military biography of Fergus Stanley Ibbott from The AIF Project:
Regimental number | 1069 |
Place of birth | Strathbarton, Apsley, Tasmania |
School | Bucklands School, Hobart, Tasmania |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Strathbarton, Apsley |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 25 |
Next of kin | Father, G.Ibbott, Strathbarton, Apsley |
Previous military service | Was a member of Light Horse in Tasmania for several years. |
Enlistment date | 12 May 1915 |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | 13 May 1915 |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 3rd Light Horse Regiment, 6th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/8/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on 17 June 1915 |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | "Left Tasmania with Light Horse Reinforcements on 25th June, 1915. Left Nilliopolis Camp, Egypt, 24th September, 1915 for Gallipoli. Served there until he left Gallipoli (sick) on 16th December. Arrived Alexandria 27th December. Left Helliopolis with Light Horse on 30th December for Sinai Peninsula, served there until his death at the Battle of El Romeni." Details from Mother. |
Fate | Died of wounds 6 August 1916 |
Age at death | 25 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 26 |
Place of burial | Kantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 16), Egypt |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 4 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: George William and Charlotte Jane IBBOTT, Strathbarton, Apsley, Tasmania |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916
Bir el Abd, Sinai, 9 August 1916
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 3rd LHR, Roll of Honour, Fergus Stanley Ibbott