BOSEMAN, John
| Service Number: | 631 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 August 1915, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 1), Gallipoli, Turkey, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 631, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: Name incorrectly recorded on original roll as "John Bossman" | |
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| 20 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 631, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Boorara, Sydney | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Involvement Trooper, 631, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 631 awm_unit: 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-08-07 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Trooper John Boseman of Drumenagh is one of five Australian soldier casualties of the Great War honoured on the Portadown and District War Memorial, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
Name spelled BOSSMAN on Embarkation Roll.
His father appears to have used the surname, Bossman; he lived at Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll-1 September 1914
Place of enlistment-Roseberry Park, New South Wales
Unit name-1st Light Horse Regiment, 1st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number-10/6/2
Embarkation details
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A42 Boorara on 20 December 1914. Proceeded from Alexandria, Egypt, to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 1st Light Horse Regiment, 9 May 1915.
Age at embarkation 23
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli
Sources
NAA: B2455, BOSEMAN John
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