In Memory Of

JOSS, JOHN JAMES

Service Details
Age:
 21
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 630817
Rank:
 Gunner
Unit:
 1255th Bde.
Unit 2:
 "B" Bty.
Regiment:
 Royal Field Artillery
Date of Death:
 1918-03-21
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.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Bay 1.
Cemetery:
 ARRAS MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Pas de Calais
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of George Joss, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia, South Africa. On Milton High School Bulawayo war memorial