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- Occupation in 1915: driver
Lived in Brown St, Armidale, NSW with his father
Enlisted aged 21 on 29th August 1915 as an acting corporal
Anglican
Service Number: 4128
Rank: Acting Corporal
Roll title: 20 Infantry Battalion - 1 to 13 Reinforcements (June 1915 - July 1916)
Conflict / Operation: First World War, 1914-1918
Date of embarkation: 11 March 1916
Place of embarkation: Sydney
Ship embarked on: HMAT Orsova A67
Became corporal
Went to Egypt and then to France.
Was hit by a German bomb on the night of 14th November 1916 at Flers, France. Killed instantly
described as tall, well-educated, wore glasses
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Grave Reference: VI. J. 34.
Cemetery: WARLENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Thomas and Margaret Goswell, of 168, Allingham St., Armidale, New South Wales.
Cemetery or memorial details: Warlencourt British Cemetery, Warlencourt-Eaucourt, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Unit name 20th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/37/2
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A67 Orsova on 11 March 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll 20th Battalion
Fate Killed in Action 15 November 1916
Age at death from cemetery records 21
Place of burial Warlencourt British Cemetery (Plot VI, Row J, Grave No. 34), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial 91
Miscellaneous information from
cemetery records Parents: Thomas and Margaret GOSWELL, 168 Allingham Street, Armidale, New South Wales
Other details
War service: Western Front
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
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1895 - 1916 (21 years)