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Name: GIBSON, Anthony Baldwin Sumner
Nee: son of Cuthbert Walter Sumner [sic]
Birth Date: 17 June 1922 Plympton, Devon
Death Date: 7 Feb 1953 Naro Moru, killed by Mau Mau
Last Date: 1953
Profession: Farm manager, geologist
Area: Naro Moru
Book Reference: Campbell, Ione, Hut, Barnes
General Information:
Barnes St Philips cem, Naro Moru in devoted & abiding memory / of / Anthony Baldwin Sumner Gibson / born June 17th 1920 / died February 7th 1953
Murdered by Mau Mau. A fortnight after the Ruck tragedy, Anthony Gibson, a young farm manager was murdered. For 2 hours after the murder his employer signalled for help, firing rounds, sending up Very lights, but no help came.