GOSSIP, Arthur John
| Service Number: | 3708 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Telegherry via Stroud, New South Wales, Australia, March 1883 |
| Home Town: | Tyalgum, Tweed, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 5 October 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Tincourt New British Cemetery Plot VI, Row F, Grave No. 42. THE BELOVED BROTHER OF MARY FRANCES BURROWS & HAROLD E. GOSSIP. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Murwillumbah War Memorial, Stroud Cenotaph |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3708, 25th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 3 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 3708, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 3708, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Arthur Gossip enlisted during 1915 with his younger brother Harold Gossip, both enlisting in Brisbane with the 25th Battalion. Their parents were John and Emily Gossip, both of whom had passed away by 1910. Arthur was reported wounded and missing at Pozieres which caused a lot of grief to his surviving sister. He was actually with his unit the whole time and was later wounded in action on 16 November 1916, a gunshot wound to his right arm. Evacuated to England he didn’t rejoin the 25th Battalion in France until October 1917.
Arthur was again wounded (gassed) during May 1918, and evacuated to England. He had rejoined his unit only three weeks prior to being mortally wounded on the 3 October 1918, during one of the last fights of the 1st AIF on the Western Front. He died two days later from lung and chest wounds.
His brother, Lieutenant James Gossip, 1st Australian Pioneers, had died of wounds only six weeks before on 25 August 1918, aged 32.
The youngest brother, 3517 Sergeant Harold Edwin Gossip, was three times wounded, at Pozieres 1916, Bullecourt 1917, and gassed the same day as his brother in May 1918. He had also married a Millicent Bennett in England during September 1916. He did not return to Australia until February 1920.