GOSSIP, Harold Edwin
| Service Number: | 3517 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Telegherry via Stroud, New South Wales, Australia, 21 July 1895 |
| Home Town: | Stroud, Great Lakes, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Dairy Farmer |
| Died: | Concord, New South Wales, Australia, 21 February 1948, aged 52 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Stroud Cenotaph |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3517, 25th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 3 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 3517, 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, 3517, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Harold Gossip enlisted during 1915 with his younger brother Arthur 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 Gossip was 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.
Another brother, Lieutenant James Gossip, 1st Australian Pioneers, had died of wounds only six weeks before on 25 August 1918, aged 32.
3517 Sergeant Harold Edwin Gossip, was three times wounded, at Pozieres 1916, Bullecourt 1917, and gassed, the same day as his brother Arthur, during May 1918.
Harold had also married a Millicent Bennett in England during September 1916. He did not return to Australia until February 1920.
Harold’s son, Flying Officer Arthur Bennett Gossip (411262) (Second Pilot) in a 463 Squadron RAAF Lancaster was killed in action over Holland on 22 June 1944, aged 23.