Joseph GOLSBY

GOLSBY, Joseph

    Service Number: 558
    Enlisted: 19 March 1915, Liverpool
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 20th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Coolabah, New South Wales, Australia, 23 February 1894
    Home Town: Bumbaldry, Weddin, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Natural causes, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 24 March 1962, aged 68 years
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
    Memorials: Cowra & District Great War Honor Roll, Grenfell Great War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    19 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 558, 20th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool
    25 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 558, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
    25 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 558, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
    15 Nov 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 558, 20th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    27 Jun 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 558, 20th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , GSW left leg
    3 Nov 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 20th Infantry Battalion
    12 Nov 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 558, 20th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, GSW cheek
    19 Feb 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 20th Infantry Battalion
    26 Feb 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 558, 20th Infantry Battalion, GSW right leg
    20 Sep 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 558, 20th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road, Shrapnel wound right knee (severe)
    12 Jun 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 558, 20th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit

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