Herbert Murray VOSS

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Service Number:	2066
Enlisted:	21 June 1915, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Glen Huon, Tasmania, Australia, 16 November 1896
Home Town:	Glen Huon, Huon Valley, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 6 March 1978, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania Methodist, Ff, Grave 275 Commemorated at the Hobart Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:	Glen Huon HR

21 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2066, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
10 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2066, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
10 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2066, 26th Infantry Battalion, SS Makarini, Melbourne
25 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2066, 26th Infantry Battalion, Shell shock
11 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2066, 26th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District as medically unfit due to influenza

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

Brother of Oscar Voss who returned to Australia on 21 November 1917 having served with the 40th Battalion and Lewis Voss.

Commenced return to Australia on 22 December 1918 aboard HT Bakara disembarking on 16 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Hobart

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 10 February 1920 Herbert married Alice Pretoria Jackson in Newtown, Tasmania.