Topic: AIF - 4B - 11 LHR
11th LHR, AIF
11th Australian Light Horse Regiment
Harold Gibbon
Harold Gibbon
Service number: 850
Rank: Trooper [Tpr]
Unit: 11th Australian Light Horse
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 7 August 1916
Cemetery or memorial details: Jerusalem Memorial, Israel
War Grave Register notes: GIBBON, Tpr. Harold, 850. 11th Australian Light Horse. 7th Aug., 1916. Age 31. Son of Edward Harvey Gibbon and Alice Eliza Gibbon, of King St., Shaftston Avenue, Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Queensland. Native of Waimate, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
A brief military biography of Harold Gibbon from The AIF Project:
| Regimental number | 850 |
| Place of birth | Waimate, Canterbury, New Zealand |
| Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand |
| School | Normal School, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Assistant surveyor |
| Address | Lambert Street, Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 29 |
| Next of kin | Father, Edward Harvey Gibbon, Lambert Street, Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Previous military service | Nil |
| Enlistment date | 1 February 1915 |
| Place of enlistment | Brisbane, Queensland |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 11th Light Horse Regiment, 2nd Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/16/2 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 20 August 1915 |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Sapper |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 11th Light Horse Regiment |
| Fate | Killed in Action 7 August 1916 |
| Place of death or wounding | Romani, Sinai, Egypt |
| Age at death | 26 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 31 |
| Place of burial | No Known Grave |
| Commemoration details | Jerusalem Memorial, Palestine |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 8 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Edward and Alice GIBBON, King Street, Shaftston Avenue, Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Queensland. Native of Waimate, Canterbury, New Zealand |
| Family/military connections | Nil |
Lest We Forget
Additional Reading:
11th Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF
11th 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, 1899-1919
Citation: 11th LHR, AIF, Roll of Honour, Harold Gibbon
