Regimental number | 2877 |
Place of birth | Waverton, Sydney, New South Wales |
School | Kogarah Public School, New South Wales |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Frederick Street, Rockdale, Sydney, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Next of kin | Father, E J Josephson, Frederick Street, Rockdale, Sydney, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Served as a Lieutenant in the 38A Senior Cadets. Also a Scout Master St George District. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 17th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/34/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 4th Field Artillery Brigade |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Mortally wounded whilst attempting to regain Communication with his battery from O.P. Recommended by his O.C. for decoration. |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Somme, France |
Age at death | 21.11 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 21 |
Place of burial | Heath Cemetery (Plot VI, Row C, Grave No. 18), Harbonnieres, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 13 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Edgar james and Marian Pauline JOSEPHSON, Railway Crescent, Banksia, New South Wales |
Family/military connections | Wounded in Company with Gunner Knight (Watsons Bay). Gunner Knight died almost immediately and was buried beside Gunner Josephson. |