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Joseph WOODSBEY

Regimental number1848
Place of birthStaffordshire England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation43
Next of kinWife, Edith Ellen May Woodsbey, Elphinstone Street, Rockhampton, Queensland
Enlistment date21 December 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll4 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name9th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/26/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A15 Star Of England on 8 April 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll9th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 28 June 1915
Age at death from cemetery records45
Place of burialShell Green Cemetery (Plot I, Row E, Grave No. 19), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
58
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Ester (nee Parkes) WOODSBEY; Wife: Edith E.M. WOODSBEY
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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