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Service Number:	527
Enlisted:	4 February 1916, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Glen Huon, Tasmania, 10 November 1888
Home Town:	Glen Huon, Huon Valley, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Orchardist
Died:	Franklin, Tasmania, Australia, 12 April 1975, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Huon Lawn Cemetery, Tasmania
Memorials:	Glen Huon HR

4 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 527, 40th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
1 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 527, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
1 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 527, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart
31 Jan 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 527, 40th Infantry Battalion, Remained on duty
26 Feb 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 527, 40th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District as medically unfit due to chronic otitis media

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Son of John Voss and Elizabeth Voss nee Rout of Glen Huon, Tasmania

Brother of Herbert Murray Voss who returned to Australia on 16 February 1919 having served with the 26th Battalion and Lewis Voss.

Commenced return to Australia on 27 September 1917 aboard HT Suevic disembarking on 21 November 1917 at Melbourne for onward travel to Hobart

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 20 Augst 1919 Oscar married Amy Jane McNamara in Melville Street, Hobart, Tasmania