Topic: AIF - 1B - 3 LHR
3rd LHR, AIF
3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
Alfred Gibbs Tolman
Alfred Gibbs Tolman's name on the Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial
Alfred Gibbs Tolman
Service number: 535
Rank: Serjeant
Unit: 3rd Australian Light Horse
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 4 August 1916
Cemetery or memorial details: Jerusalem Memorial, Israel
War Grave Register notes: TOLMAN, Serjt. Alfred Gibbs, 535. 3rd Australian Light Horse. 4th Aug., 1916. Age 38. Son of John Gibbs Tolman and Elizabeth Tasmania Tolman, of 11, Garden Crescent, Hobart, Tasmania.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
A brief military biography of Alfred Gibbs Tolman from The AIF Project:
| Regimental number | 535 |
| Religion | Protestant |
| Occupation | Farmer |
| Address | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 36 |
| Next of kin | Mother, Mrs. E.T. Tolman, 11 Garden Crescent, Hobart, Tasmania |
| Enlistment date | 19 September 1914 |
| Rank on enlistment | Lance Corporal |
| Unit name | 3rd Light Horse Regiment, C Squadron |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/8/1 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 20 October 1914 |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
| Fate | Killed in Action 4 August 1916 |
| Place of death or wounding | Romani, Sinai, Egypt |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 38 |
| Place of burial | No known grave |
| Commemoration details | Jerusalem Memorial, Palestine |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 4 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: John Gibbs and Elizabeth TOLMAN, 11 Garden Crescent, Hobart, Tasmania. Commemorated in Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania.~ |
| Other details | War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Eygpt Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
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, Alfred Gibbs Tolman
