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GOSS, Albert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3559 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 August 1915, Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Army Medical Corps (AIF) |
| Born: | Bishopbourne, Tasmania, December 1892 |
| Home Town: | Carrick, Meander Valley, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Platelayer (Railways) |
| Died: | 3 October 1967, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Carrick Memorial Wall Honour Roll, Tasmania (Launceston) Garden of Remembrance, Tasmanian Government Railways |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 9 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3559, Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 10 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3559, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3559, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 3 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines | |
| 22 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3559, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Menin Road, 2nd occasion - GSW (right ankle) | |
| 5 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3559, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux, 3rd occasion - Shell wound (face, eye and shoulder) | |
| 1 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3559, Army Medical Corps (AIF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...3559 Private Albert Goss, 11th Reinforcements, 12th Battalion, of Carrick, Tas. Pte Goss enlisted on 9 August 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Ascanius on 10 November 1915. He returned to Australia on 1 April 1919 with the 52nd Battalion." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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