Geoffrey Henry DE JOSSELIN

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DE JOSSELIN, Geoffrey Henry

Service Number:	2553
Enlisted:	18 September 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	37th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Waverley, New South Wales, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Coogee, Randwick, New South Wales
Schooling:	Crown Street & Randwick Superior Public Schools, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed In Action, Belgium, 8 June 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Breakfast Point War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

18 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2553, 37th Infantry Battalion
9 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 2553, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 2553, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Geoffrey Henry DE JOSSELIN was born in Waverley, NSW in 1897

His parents were Henri (Henry) Louis Alexander DE JOSSELIN & Ellen (Nellie) Mary Frances SHEEHAN who married in Sydney in 1893

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