GOSSAGE, Richard
| Service Number: | 3325 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia, 13 August 1882 |
| Home Town: | Sheffield, Kentish, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | GSW to head, 2nd Southern General Hospital, Bristol, England , 2 December 1918, aged 36 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bristol (Arnos Vale) Cemetery, Gloucestershire, England His name is remembered on the CWGC Screen Wall & he has a flat Memorial Stone. Cemetery/Memorial reference Screen Wall 6. 705. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bothwell War Memorial, Kentish Municipality Honour Roll Mural, Men of Bothwell Honour Roll, Sheffield War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 3325, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
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| 14 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 3325, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick (OAM) – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Richard Gossage was born at Bothwell, Tasmania on 13th August, 1882 to parents Charles and Sarah Jane Gossage (nee Hunt).
Sarah Jane Gossage, mother of Richard Gossage, died 27th January, 1897 at Bothwell, Tasmania.
Richard Gossage married Ada May Riley in 1913 in Tasmania. A son – Roland Gossage was born 28th February, 1914 at Latrobe, Tasmania. Another son – Hilton Richard Gossage was born in 1916.
On 27th October, 1916 Richard Gossage enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) as a 34 year old, married, Labourer from Sheffield, Tasmania.
Private Richard Gossage, Service number 3325, embarked from Sydney, NSW on HMAT Hororata (A20) on 14th June, 1917 (having left Tasmania on 9th June, 1917) with the 40th Infantry Battalion, 8th Reinforcements & disembarked at Liverpool, England on 26th August, 1917.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
He was marched in to 10th Training Battalion at Durrington, Wiltshire on 27th August, 1917.
On 27th December, 1917 Private Gossage proceeded overseas to France from Sutton Mandeville, Wiltshire. He was marched in to A.I.B.D. (Australian Infantry Base Depot) at Havre, France on 28th December, 1917. Private Gossage was marched out to his Unit on 30th December, 1917 & was taken on strength of 40th Battalion on 1st January, 1918.
Private Richard Gossage was reported with his Unit on 11th July, 1918 (this was usually recorded when there had been no movements, illnesses or wounding for a period of time).
He sent to 4th Army Rest Camp on 16th August, 1918 & rejoined his Battalion from Rest Camp on 28th August, 1918.
Private Richard Gossage was wounded in action on 1st October, 1918. He was admitted to 10th Australian Field Ambulance on 1st October, 1918 with shrapnel wounds to breast & hand. Private Gossage was transferred & admitted to 12th Casualty Clearing Station on 1st October, 1918 with shrapnel wounds to chest & scalp. He was transferred to Ambulance Train on 2nd October, 1918 then admitted to 3rd Stationary Hospital at Rouen, France on 3rd October, 1918 – dangerously ill. Private Gossage was transferred to England on 25th October, 1918 with shrapnel wounds to head.
On 26th October, 1918 Private Gossage was admitted to 2nd Southern General Hospital at Bristol, England with G.S.W. (gunshot wound/s) to chest & scalp – severe.
Private Richard Gossage died on 2nd December, 1918 at 2nd Southern General Hospital at Bristol, England from wounds received in action – GSW to head.
He was buried on 7th December, 1918 in Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. His name is remembered on the CWGC Screen Wall & he has a flat Memorial Stone. Cemetery/Memorial reference Screen Wall 6. 705.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/arnos-vale.html
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