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Roy SLOSS

Regimental number124
Place of birthMelbourne Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationStoreman
Address55 Kooyong Road, Armadale, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinMother, Mrs Christina Sloss, 55 Kooyong Road, Armadale, Victoria
Enlistment date10 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameMachine Gun Company 10
AWM Embarkation Roll number24/15/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 27 May 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll124B
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Machine Gun Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 8 July 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Victorian Garden of Remembrance
Family/military connectionsBrothers: Lt Bruce SLOSS, 39th Bn, killed in action, 4 January 1917; 11 Pte James McKenzie SLOSS MSM, Australian Flying Corps, returned to Australia, 15 November 1918; 8219 Lance Corporal John Stewart SLOSS, 2nd Australian General Hospital, returned to Australia, 19 April 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death16 January 1973

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