Gerald Harry GOSS

GOSS, Gerald Harry

    Service Number: 266
    Enlisted: 14 September 1914, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
    Born: Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 1882
    Home Town: Perth, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 30 April 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Panel 50, Lone Pine Memorial
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, North Perth Congretational Church HR, Royal Mint Perth Branch Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    14 Sep 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 266, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, Blackboy Camp
    14 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 266, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
    24 Sep 1914: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Prior to embarking
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 266, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    23 Dec 1914: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Prior to embarking
    30 Apr 1915: Involvement Sergeant, 266, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 266 awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-04-30

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of William Henry Goss and Annie Goss nee Blackmore of 'Torridge', Vincent Street, Perth, WA. Brother of Ethel May Goss, Ruby Blackmore Goss, Alice Maud Goss, Annie Goss, Charles Henry Goss, Elizabeth Harriet Goss, Albert Herbert Goss, Florence Electia Goss and Harold Leslie Goss,

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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