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Joshua Charles GROSS

Regimental number20896
Place of birthEmmaville New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationSchool teacher
AddressShuttleton, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation38
Next of kinWife, Mrs Mary Gross, c/o J.P. Barry, Lansdowne Hotel, Glebe, New South Wales
Enlistment date13 August 1917
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll4 August 1917
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameOctober 1917 Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/42/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Canberra on 16 November 1917
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll15th Field Company Engineers
FateKilled in Action 29 September 1918
Age at death from cemetery records39
Place of burialBellicourt British Cemetery (Plot II, Row H, Grave No. 2), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
23
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Francis and Mary; Husband of Mary GROSS, 41 Sloane Street, Summer Hill, New South Wales. Native of Emmaville, New South Wales

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