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Benjamin MOSS

Regimental number2471
Place of birthRavenswood, Queensland
SchoolState School Milchester Charters Towers, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDrover
AddressMt Garnet, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinBrother, Fred Moss, Mt Garnet, Queensland
Enlistment date11 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name47th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/64/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A49 Seang Choon on 19 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll47th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 20 August 1917
Place of death or woundingTrois Arbres
Age at death30
Place of burialTrois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row Z, Grave No. 33), Steenwerck, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
144
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Isaac and Annie MOSS. Native of Ravenswood
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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