This is what my military experience seemed like…

Sidney Gibbon,
born 25th Aug 1870,
there is a story that he and a cousin were caught as stowaways on a ship bound for Australia in Port Elizabeth harbour,
this cousin must have been Monty Gibbon,
left Alexandria, settled far to the N, at Aliwal North, central South Africa (see map),
mar at Aliwal North to Martha Ferreira [Martha Johanna Hester],
expenses book of Arthur Augustus Gibbon lists a wedding present for "Lizzie Gibbon" in June 1899, maybe this is for her stepson Sidney's mar,
all children born Aliwal North,
listed as living Durban St, Aliwal North, at death,
died in the hospital, Aliwal North, 4 Apr 1944, age 73 yrs [death cert],
Martha fl 1944,
had issue:

Sidney Gibbon