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Edwin Otis MOSELEY

Regimental number8007
Place of birthPerth, Western Australia
SchoolPerth High School & Scotch College, Perth
Other trainingBank Manager
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBank manager
AddressCottesloe Beach, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation36
Next of kinWife, Mrs E I Moseley, Cottesloe Beach, Western Australia
Enlistment date1 October 1917
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll1 September 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 27th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/6
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board SS Canberra on 23 November 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1918
Place of death or woundingNear Merincourt, France
Age at death37
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot I, Row J, Grave No. II), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
80
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Francis and Lucy MOSELEY, 7 Avonmore Terrace, Cottesloe, Western Australia
Family/military connectionsLT F A Moseley, MC , brother
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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