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Full Name
Alfred Douglas Dibley
Forename(s)
Alfred Douglas
Surname
Dibley
Also Known As
Doug Dibley
War
World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.
3/1136
Date of Birth
1896
Place of Birth
Wellington, New Zealand
Religion
Roman Catholic
First Known Rank
Private
Occupation before Enlistment
Oil Company Employee
Next of Kin
W.S. Dibley (father), West Beach, Island Bay, Wellington, New Zealand
Marital Status
Single
Enlistment Address
West Beach, Island Bay, New Zealand
Enlistment Date
1915
Military District
Wellington
Body on Embarkation
7th Reinforcements
Embarkation Unit
Medical Corps
Embarkation Date
9 October 1915
Place of Embarkation
Wellington, New Zealand
Transport
Vessel
Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo
Destination
Gallipoli
Page on Nominal Roll
187
Campaigns
Gallipoli
Military Awards
Queen's Service Medal (QSM)
Place of Death
Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Date of Death
18 December 1997
Age at Death
101
Year of Death
1997
Cause of Death
Died of natural causes
Biographical Notes
  • Doug Dibley was the last surviving Gallipoli veteran in New Zealand. At the age of 19 he volunteered to help at the Trentham Military Hospital; instead they put him in uniform and sent him to Gallipoli with the Medical Corps. Arriving at Gallipoli after the main battles, he was a stretcher bearer in the front lines. He was evacuated from Gallipoli on the last day of the retreat and ended up in Palestine with mounted Anzac troops. Returning to NZ, he married and took over his father-in-law's farm near Rotorua, where he and his wife raised 11 children. He is survived by 52 grandchildren, approximately 90 great- grandchildren and 1 great-great grandchild. His comments on war last year were ' No one wins in the end'
  • He was awarded the Queen's Service Medal for Community Service in the 1998 New Year's Honours List
  • Died from a burst artery
Description of Image
  • Portrait
  • Portrait, in retirement
Additional Information
New Zealand Herald 19.12.97 p.A1 & A16
Archives NZ source
Military personnel file
Further References
Obituary on Mr Dibley in the "Defence New Zealand Quarterly" No 20, Autumn 1998 in the Armoury at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
Sources Used
Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919