James Gibson
Personal information
Full name James Burton Gibson[1]
Date of birth 24 June 1889
Place of birth Kirkcaldy, Scotland
Date of death 5 September 1915(1915-09-05) (aged 26)[2]
Place of death HMHS Salta, off Gallipoli, Ottoman Turkey
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[3]
Position(s) Half back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
St Andrews University
1912–1913 Raith Rovers 17 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Burton Gibson (24 June 1889 – 5 September 1915) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Raith Rovers as a half back.[4]

Personal life

Gibson was educated at the University of St Andrews, where he played for the football team and graduated with an M.A.[4][5] Prior to the First World War, he emigrated to New Zealand and became a teacher at Napier Boys' High School.[4] On 18 January 1915, six months after the outbreak of the First World War, Gibson enlisted as a private in the Auckland Infantry Battalion of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.[3][4][6] On 4 September 1915, whilst fighting in the Gallipoli campaign, Gibson was wounded in the ribs and chest by shrapnel and was evacuated to the hospital ship HMHS Salta.[1] He died of wounds the following day and was buried at sea on 6 September.[3][4] He is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial and was posthumously awarded the 1914–15 Star,[2] the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "James Burton Gibson | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Gibson, James Burton – WW1 12/1957 – Army". Archives New Zealand. p. 7. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "They Died in the Conflict in Season 1915–1916" (PDF). p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "James Burton Gibson". New Zealand War Graves Project. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  6. ↑ James Gibson on Lives of the First World War


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