Service Details
Name:
 JOSS
Given Name:
 JOHN JAMES
Initials:
 J J
Service No:
 630817
Rank:
 Gunner
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Regiment:
 Royal Field Artillery
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Unit:
 1255th Bde.
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Unit 2:
 "B" Bty.
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Date of Death:
 1918-03-21
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Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Signaller Joss was at an advanced observation post with another signaller. In his account of what happened the latter states that a number of Germans came upon them and both made for their lines, but a machine-gun was turned upon them, and Signaller Joss fell. His companion managed to reach a gully, where he until evening, when the Germans took him prisoner. As he was marched off he passed the spot where Joss lay, and saw he had been pierced through the temple by a bullet.
Additional
Information:
Son of George Joss, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia, South Africa. On Milton High School Bulawayo war memorial
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 ARRAS MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Bay 1.

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