Silas Parker HOSIE

HOSIE, Silas Parker

Service Number: 13044
Enlisted: 4 February 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 10th Field Ambulance
Born: Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town: Sorrento, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Echuca, Victoria, Australia, 29 August 1954, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Echuca Cemetery, Victoria, Australia
Memorials: Sorrento War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

4 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 13044, 10th Field Ambulance, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
3 Jun 1916: Involvement Private, 13044, 10th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
3 Jun 1916: Embarked Private, 13044, 10th Field Ambulance, HMAT Persic, Melbourne
12 Aug 1919: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 10th Field Ambulance, As staff
5 Mar 1920: Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 13044, 10th Field Ambulance, As staff. Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Jonothan Hosie and Harriet Hosie nee Parker of East Brunswick, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 7 November 1919 aboard HT Marathon disembarking on 26 December 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Alice May Hosie nee Watson of Sorrento, Victoria. Silas and Alice married during 1912c in Victoria. Alice died in Vctoria during 1936c