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GOSS, Albert Langley
| Service Number: | 479 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Circumstances of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Freeling Boer War, Boxer Rebellion and WW1 Memorial Panel, Freeling WW1 Pictorial Honour Roll, Wasleys and District Roll of Honor, Yacka Public School Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 479, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 479, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 479, 43rd Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 479, 43rd Infantry Battalion |
Albert Lang Goss
Name: Albert Lang Goss
Service Number: 479
Place of Birth: Yacka
Date of Birth: 13 April 1897
Place of Enlistment: Adelaide
Date of Enlistment: 24 January 1916
Age at Enlistment: 18 years 9 months
Next of Kin: Mother – Sarah Jane Goss
Occupation: Farmer
Religion: Church of England
Rank: Lance Corporal 43rd Battalion
Albert was the son of Robert and Sarah Jane Goss[ nee Smith]. Albert left
Adelaide on the Afric on 9 June 1916 and was sent to France with his unit on
25 November. He was hospitalised with a hernia on 4 March. He was
appointed Lance Corporal on 1 August. Contracting mumps led to another six
weeks of hospitalisation in February and March in 1918, prior to rejoining his
unit on 24 March.
He was wounded in action sustaining a gunshot wound to his right ankle on 4
July. This led to Albert being invalided to England on 22 July and returned to
Australia on the Kanowna on 14 January 1919, disembarking on 26 February
and discharged on 20 March 1920.
Pam Biggs, a descendant of Albert Goss, stated he died on 1 August 1981 aged
84, at the Daw Park Repatriation Hospital and was buried at Centennial Park
Path 22, Grave 325A.
Submitted 18 October 2023 by christopher collins