Bernard Stewart Gibb

Auckland Museum

Bernard Stewart Gibb

Service number

15528 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Canterbury Infantry Regiment AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 37), Page: 8 - No known copyright restrictions

Civilian life

Next of kin on embarkation

S.B. Gibb (father), Motunau, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM

Wars and conflicts

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

15528 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkations

WW1 26 July 1916 AWMM from Wellington, New Zealand AWMMHMNZT 59 or HMNZT 60 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata or Ulimaroa AWMM Private AWMM 15th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM Canterbury Infantry Regiment AWMM

Biographical information

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Burnett Gibb, of 126, Lonsdale St., New Brighton, Christchurch AWMM

Death

6 August 1917 AWMM Ypres, Belgium AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial

Memorial name

Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium AWMM

Roll of Honour

Angus William Gibb B. R. Gibb Bernard Stewart Gibb Charles Edward Gibb Edward Gordon Gibb

Memories

I too remember my Grandmother, Greta Gibb telling us the story of her heroic brother saving her life. I'm so grateful to Bernard in so many ways.....Thank you Uncle Bernie xxxxxx Public - Merrilyn - Other Relative - 25 April 2015

Bernie, you are still remembered and your bravery honoured to this day nearly 98 years on, since you were taken so suddenly from your family & so far away in Belgium, from your home in North Canterbury. We remember you this Anzac Day - your nieces & nephews, great nieces & great nephews & now our children. We'll all have our own memories or tales from our parents & grandparents - I personally remember the story of you leaping a fence and rolling my Grandmother, little sister Greta in your coat, saving her life, as she played with matches & caught her long hair on fire. That one catches me with a lump in my throat & a tear in my eye. We salute you, dear Bernie & we will NEVER FORGET xxx Public - Andrea Jayne - Other Relative - 22 April 2015

Sources

Commonwealth War Graves Commission. http://www.cwgc.org Sources Used Military personnel file http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=16785666 Further Reference FamNet: The Family History Network record page http://famnet.net.nz/login_pages/Cenotaph.aspx?Systemid=C5419 Further Reference

Documents

New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM 37: 8 AWMM Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2015). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-3). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM Vol. 3: Includes portrait AWMM

25 April 2015 Merrilyn Omokoroa, New Zealand Other Relative 22 April 2015 Andrea Jayne Auckland New Zealand Other Relative

Private in CIR, file number 15528. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Burnett Gibb, of 126, Lonsdale St., New Brighton, Christchurch.

Sources

1. New Zealand and World War One Roll of Honour: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~sooty/genealogy/nzefrohG.html / Ref 8.4.2021