Richard GOSSAGE

Regimental number3325
Place of birthBothwell, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressSheffield, Tasmania
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation34
Next of kinWife, Mrs May Gossage, Sheffield, Tasmania
Enlistment date10 January 1917
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll27 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name40th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 14 June 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 2 December 1918
Age at death from cemetery records35
Place of burialBristol (Arno's Vale) Cemetery (Plot 6, Grave No. 705), Gloucestershire
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
132
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Sarah GOSSAGE; husband of A.M. GOSSAGE, Sheffield, Tasmania
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal