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Albert Robert GOSS

Regimental number1854
Place of birthRailton Tasmania
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressSheffield, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinMother, Mrs Amelia goss, Merseylea, Tasmania
Enlistment date4 April 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll19 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name40th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 8 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 30 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialSuzanne Military Cemetery No.3 (Plot I, Row E, Grave No. 16), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
132
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Amelia GOSS, Merseylea, Tasmania. Native of Railton, Tasmania
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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