Gibbs, James: Service no. 746001

Source: Kiss the kids of dad, don’t forget to write. The Wartime Letters of George Timmins, 1916-18. Page 137.

Family Search: When James Gibbs was born on 13 March 1895, in Newtonville, Durham, Ontario, Canada, his father, Richard James Gibbs, was 40 and his mother, Agnes Botley, was 38. He married Ethel Maud Bell on 2 August 1920, in Oshawa, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Ontario, Ontario, Canada in 1901 and Oshawa, Ontario, Ontario, Canada in 1916. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 21, his occupation is listed as labourer in Oshawa, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. He died in 1965, at the age of 70, and was buried in Oshawa Union Cemetery, Oshawa, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.

Brother to Private Charles Victor Gibbs, reg. no. 745997.

May have lied about his age. May have been born in 1895.

Reg number	746001
Name	Gibbs, James
Rank	Private
Year of Birth	3/6/1905
Date of Death
Cemetery
Cemetery location
Country of birth	Canada
Home Country	Canada
City born	Newtonville, ON
Address	Oshawa, ON
Enlistment Date	2/14/1916
Drafted?
Enlistment place	Oshawa
Origin Unit	116th Battalion
Pre war Unit
Final Bn	18th
Ship	SS Olympic
Date in England	7/31/1916
Date in France
Date w 116	2/14/1916
Left 116th	10/5/1916
Married	no
Occupation	labourer
Wounded date
Wound type/Death particuolars	ICT legs, PUO
KIA
DOW
Died other
Missing/Presumed Dead
Wounded	yes
Sick
PTSD	yes
Medals
Vimy
Vimy area
Raid
Hill 70
Pass
Amiens
Parvillers
Boiry
Canal
Other
Unit History	116th to 18th to WORD
Other details	son
Field Punishment
FP Details
Gravestone
Underage
Medically Unit
Deserter
Undesirable
Casualty Description