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MOSS, Joseph George
| Service Numbers: | 1546, 2546 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Garfield, South Australia, 28 November 1887 |
| Home Town: | Keswick, City of West Torrens, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, 26 August 1958, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia Section: KO, Road: 9A, Site No: 34 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1546, 27th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 31 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 1546, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 31 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 1546, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 7 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2546, 7th Machine Gun Company, France - GSW left shoulder | |
| 29 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 7th Machine Gun Company | |
| 12 Sep 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1546, 7th Machine Gun Company, per Euripedes to Fremantle ( arrived Adelaide 20 September 1917) | |
| 29 Nov 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1546, 7th Machine Gun Company | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 1546, 7th Machine Gun Company |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Joseph was the eldest of five children of George Moss (b1853 in Wiltshire, England) and Ada Leonora Starling (b1866 at Ross Creek in Victoria). George was a Labourer when he immigrated to Adelaide SA in 1880 on board the Orient. He and Ada married in Adelaide SA in 1887 where they settled and raised their family.
In 1915 Joseph was a Labourer living in Adelaide SA with his common-law wife Ellen (Nellie) Lavinia Greenwood (nee Toogood b1891 in Coongulmerang, Victoria) and their daughter - Nellie had abandoned her husband and child in Broken Hill NSW in 1912. Joseph enlisted in the AIF in March 1915 (Private, Service No:1546) and was WiA in France in 1916. His mother Ada wrote to the Department of Defence complaining that she was his NoK and that he was not married - although Joseph had stated in his Attestation Papers that he was married and that Ellen - his wife - was his NoK. Joseph was Discharged in October 1917. Ellen relocated to Sydney, NSW and in 1918 Joseph married Trixie Martin (b1900 at Marryattville, SA) in 1918 in Norwood, SA.
Joseph and Trixe settled in Port Adealide, SA where Joseph was a Motor Driver and Bookmaker. He died in 1958 and Trixie in 1968.
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