GIBSON  E.J.L.

Given Names:  Eric John Lawson

               

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Unit:  Canadian Field Art                                                                                                 

Rank:  Gunner 

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ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  11/4/1914

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END OF WAR 

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Unit:  Canadian Engineers                                                                                                             

Rank:  Captain

Discharge Date:  14/6/1919                       

Place:  London

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star: 

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BIRTH

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Father:  John GIBSON                            

Mother:  Ann Mears LAWSON

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1938     

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Spouse: Ruth SMITH

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 21/7/1955                          

Place: Mount Martha, Victoria                  

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

France April 1915 with 1st Canadian Div; transferred Canadian Engineers Dec 1915; Lieutenant, August 1916; Captain, September 1918

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

University of Melbourne

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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Kew Rotary