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GOSSIP, William Robert Hearn
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 2575, 2575A |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Stroud, New South Wales, Australia, 8 May 1883 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Surveyor |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 29 October 1917, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the Menin Gate War Memorial, Ypres (Ieper) Belgium, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane M.W.S. & S.B. Roll of Honour (Original), Brisbane Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board Roll of Honor, East Brisbane Bowling Club Roll of Honour, East Brisbane War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Murwillumbah War Memorial, Stroud Cenotaph |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2575, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
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| 19 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2575, 4th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane | |
| 29 Oct 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 2575A, 25th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2575A awm_unit: 25 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-29 |
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