Full Name: John Gibson, also known as Jack.Address: 7 Lower Gardiner StreetUnit: B Coy, 2nd Battalion, Dublin BrigadeBorn: 29 July 1901 at 16 St Benedict’s Gardens, off North Circular RoadParents: Hugh Gibson (a Labourer and later a Clerk) and Mary B. ‘May’ Owens.Siblings: James, Jane (died 1916), Hugh, William and Sarah.Military Service: None known apart from his part in the Custom House attack during the War of Independence service. No trace in Army Census or MSPC files online. However the membership list for his Coy shows he did join the National Army some time after his release from Kilmainham. His older brother James was also in the National Army when he married in November 1923.Personal Life: John married Mary ‘May’ ...
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