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Military service
Age:
29
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
116TH Bn.
Death:
April 3, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. F. 5.
Additional information
Son of Mr. C. M. Gibson, of 24, Oxford St., Woodstock, Ontario.
Brother of Private Stanley Willborne Gibson, who died while serving with the Canadian Light Horse.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant John Alexander Gibson
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Photo de JOHN ALEXANDER GIBSON
This image comes from a large framed tribute in St. John's Presbyterian Church, Broadview Avenue, Toronto. Ontario Canada. He and thirty-two other men are remembered here for their service in WWI. -
Photo de groupe
Group Photograph of the Officers of the 116th (Ontario County) Battalion. Published prominently in the Toronto Star on January 5th, 1918. -
Coupure de presse
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Coupure de presse (2)
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Pierre Tombale
Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England -
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo de John Alexander Gibson
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Coupure de presse
Woodstock Sentinel 1918. -
Coupure de presse
From the Toronto Telegram February 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Coupure de presse
From the Toronto Telegram April 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Mémorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 414 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Pas de Calais, France
Aubigny Communal Cemetery is south of the village of Aubigny-en-Artois and the Cemetery Extension is behind it. The village of Aubigny-en-Artois is approximately 15 kilometres north-west of Arras on the road to St. Pol. After turning into the village from the N.39 on the D.75, the Cemetery lies south on a road leading from the centre of the village.
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