HOSKISSON, Samuel James
| Service Number: | 9923 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 October 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 21st Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade |
| Born: | Windsor, New South Wales, Australia, 7 May 1887 |
| Home Town: | Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Wounds, France, 31 May 1916, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Estaires Communal Cemetery and Extension Plot II, Row R, Grave No. 6, Estaires Communal Cemetery and Extension, Estaires, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial, Northbridge (Shore) Sydney Church of England Grammar School Memorial Cricket Ground Roll of Honour, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 15 May 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 21st Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade | |
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| 26 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 9923, 1st Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 17 Dec 1915: | Involvement Gunner, 9923, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Dec 1915: | Embarked Gunner, 9923, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
| 31 May 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 9923, 21st Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 9923 awm_unit: 21st Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1916-05-31 |
Date of Birth
Born 7th May 1887 at Clarendon, Windsor, New South Wales, Australia, 6th son of Samuel & Amelia Catherine (Ezzy)
Submitted 11 November 2019 by Irwin BuckleyBuckley
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Hawkesbury Regional Museum
ANZAC DAY 2022
Hawkesbury Regional Museum will be open all long weekend, including public holiday Monday, 10am-4pm.
A Mother’s Grief
Sometimes the tragedy of war can overwhelm a family. This was the case for Amelia Hoskisson, whose 28-year-old son Samuel James Hoskisson, known as Jim, was farewelled by his family just a week before Christmas in 1915. Jim, a farmer from Windsor, left Australia as artillery reinforcement and was posted to the 21st Australian Field Artillery Brigade as a gunner. Just six months after leaving the Sydney docks, he was dead, having received a shrapnel wound to his face in France in late May 1916.
Amelia Hoskisson never saw this memorial plaque or his medals, which were delivered to the family in 1922. The shock and distress of losing her son overwhelmed her, and she died in 1919.
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