Hurtle FOSSEY

FOSSEY, Hurtle

    Service Number: 1759
    Enlisted: 6 January 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 9th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1892
    Home Town: Clayfield, Brisbane, Queensland
    Schooling: Spring Creek State School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Died of wounds - shrapnel wound to the head, At sea on board HS Gloucester Castle off Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 30 August 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave Panel 31, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    6 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1759, Enlisted at Brisbane
    8 Apr 1915: Involvement Private, 1759, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
    8 Apr 1915: Embarked Private, 1759, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Brisbane
    29 Aug 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1759, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shrapnel wounds to the head compound fracturing his skull

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Birth name is Hurtle Lewellyn Campbell Fossey, registration number 33418

    Son of Arthur John Fossey and Jeanie (nee Stewart) Fossey

    Next of kin given as his sister M Fossey (Muriel Gladys Irene Fossey) of 'Alaway' Wellington Street, Clyfield, Brisbane, QLD. Brother of Arthur John Sewart Fossey and Vernon Leonard Fossey

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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