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Frank GOSSON

Regimental number1391
Place of birthKempsey New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressMacksville, North Coast, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinFather, F Gosson, Macksville, North Coast, New South Wales
Enlistment date23 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameLight Trench Mortar Battery, Reinforcement 3
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/130/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 25 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll33rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 14 October 1917
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XXXVI, Row F, Grave No. 17), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
122
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Francis and Mary GOSSON. Native of Macleay River, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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