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GOSS, Ernest Edgar
| Service Number: | 3758 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 August 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Pine Creek, Northern Territory, Australia, 25 January 1890 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | clerk |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Commissioner of Public Works Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3758, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 12 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
| 2 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, RMS Malwa | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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3758 Private Ernest Edgar Goss
Ernest Edgar Goss, the son of Frederick and Charlotte Agnes (nee Simons) Goss was born at Pine Creek in the Northern Territory in 1890. In 1912 he married Myrtle, the daughter of James and Elizabeth Jones of "Drumcalpin", Manoora. This was the year that Myrtle completed her teacher training. When Ernest enlisted Myrtle would have been pregnant with their first child, Nada Joyce Goss, who was born at Auburn in 1916. Myrtle took up her first teaching appointment at Peep Hill School on 1 July 1917.
Ernest was a 25 year old clerk when he enlisted In Adelaide on 12 August 1915. His first 2 months were spent at Mitcham Camp with D company 2nd Depot Battalion until he was appointed to 12th Reinforcements 10th Battalion on 1 November. The 12th Reinforcements embarked from Adelaide aboard RMS Malwa on 2 December 1915, and shortly after landing in Egypt, Ernest was admitted to 4th Auxiliary Hospital in Cairo with the mumps. A month later, on 29 March 1916, he embarked from Alexandria on the troopship Transylvania to join the British Expeditionary Force in France. After 5 days at sea Ernest disembarked in Marseilles. It was not until 30 July that Ernest was taken on the strength of 10th Battalion in France Three weeks later, on 21 August, Ernest was wounded in action at Pozieres. He was taken to 1st Canadian General Hospital at Etaples suffering from multiple shrapnel wounds. Ernest stayed here for a month before being discharged to the 1st Australian Division Base Depot where he waited to rejoin his unit. Two weeks later he was taken on strength of 32th Battalion but only 16 days later was evacuated from the field suffering from rheumatism. Ernest rejoined 32th Battalion on 16 November and finally, on 3 December, rejoined his mates when he was taken back on strength of 10th Battalion.
In 1917 the Battalion returned to Belgium from where Ernest was granted 2 weeks leave to the United Kingdom in late August. On his return the unit was involved in the Third Battle of Ypres. In February 1918 Ernest was again given leave to the United Kingdom, this time for three weeks. On 26 May Ernest was taken from the field by 3rd Australian Field Ambulance to 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station with a gunshot wound to his right hand. He was taken to 2nd Army Specialist Hospital where his injury was the subject of a Court of Enquiry. The finding was that Ernest’s wound was negligently self inflicted.
Crime: Negligently wounding himself with a rifle. Award: 25 days field punishment No.1
On 24 June Ernest was admitted to 39th General Hospital and four months later discharged to 1st Australian Division Headquarters at Havre. Ernest’s record shows that he had been admitted for a period of 130 days with venereal disease. Two days before the armistice Ernest rejoined his unit. Ernest embarked from England on 12 April 1919 and disembarked from HMAT A23 Suffolk in Adelaide on 31 May 1919. He was discharged on 25 July 1919.
Biography
Returned to Australia 12 April 1919