John Thomas Gibson

A Private with the 12th Reserve Battalion, John died on 27th of June 1917 at the age of 26.

John was born at Monaghan, Ireland, on 27 September 1890, a son of Alexander and Kathleen Gibson. In 1901 his family lived at Monaghan, and by 1911 their home was at 1 Stanley Terrace, Monaghan. Later his parents lived at Victoria Villas, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft.

John was living at Hirsch, Saskatchewan, Canada, and working as a teacher, when he attested for the Canadian Army, at Regina, Saskatchewan, on 25 April 1916. John joined the 195th Battalion, service number 908098. 

John arrived in England on the S.S. Empress of Britain on 11 November 1916. He was posted to the 32nd Battalion and taken on strength at East Sandling on 14 November. He was seconded to the Signals Base on 13 December 1916. On 4 January 1917 he was transferred to the 6th Reserve Battalion, at East Sandling. On 1 March 1917 he was transferred to the 12th Reserve Battalion.

John was admitted to Moore Barracks Hospital, Shorncliffe, on 13 April 1917, to be treated for cerebro spinal meningitis. He died, from that condition, at the hospital on 27 June 1917.