Edward VOSS

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Service Number:	2417
Enlisted:	1 April 1915, Blackall, Qld.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales Australia , 1896
Home Town:	Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 28 May 1953, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Bassett Cemetery, Mackay, Qld Lutheran Section 1, Row 3, Grave 11, Unmarked. Interrred on 29 May 1953.
Memorials:

1 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2417, 9th Infantry Battalion, Blackall, Qld.
20 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 2417, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
20 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 2417, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Sydney
12 Aug 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2417, 9th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to bronchial asthma

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Full name Edward Frederick Carl Voss but served as Edward Voss

Apprenticed to Foggiitt & Jones, White Bacon Factory of Oxley, QLD .

Son of Edward Frederick Karl Voss and Daisy Sarah Voss nee Lentell of Sydney, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 10 June 1916 aboard HT Itonus arrived in Melbourne on 12 July 1916 for onward travel to Brisbane

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

On 16 March 1935 Edward married Martha Ann Burrow in QLD