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William MOSS

Regimental number22359
Place of birthBootle, Liverpool, England
SchoolSalisbury Road Board School, England
Other trainingUpholsterer
Age on arrival in Australia26
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
AddressIda-H-Mine, Laverton, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinFather, J Moss, 'Oakdeane', South Leath, Cornwall, England
Enlistment date5 January 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll7 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameHowitzer Brigade 23, Battery 109
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/133/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 20 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Field Artillery Brigade
FateDied of wounds 8 June 1917
Place of death or woundingArmentieres, France
Age at death31
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialTrois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row Q, Grave No. 15), Steenwerck, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
15
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Sarah MOSS, 53 Adelaide Road, Kensington, Liverpool, England. Native of Bootle, England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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