Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

Moss W E        Sapper    3986    William Ernest          5 Tunnelling Co    21    Driver    Married    R C

Address:    Kensington, Rankins Rd, 112 

Next of Kin:   Moss, Samuel, father, 112 Rankins Rd, Kensington

                       Moss, A, Mrs, wife, 87 Laity St, North Richmond   

Enlisted:    19 Feb 1916       

Embarked:     A69 Warilda 25 May 1916   

Relatives on Active Service:

Moss-S-Pte-1747 brother

Victoria Police Gazette 2 Mar 1911 p 125.

Description from B2455

21 years 11  months

5'5 3/4 inches

134 lbs

Chest 33/35

Complexion Dark

Eyes Brown

Hair Brown

Religion R Catholic

Vacc Nil

Scar upper lip

coal scars R side face

Tattoo R Forearm

Tattoo L forearm LILIS

Date 19/2/1916

Two-Up Players Punished.

William Ernest Moss and George

Henry Moss were charged with hav-

ing played two-up. George Moss was

fined £5, in default one month's im-

prisonment, and William Moss, who

had been previously convicted, was

sentenced to 6 months' imprisonment.

Two-Up Players Punished. (1914, August 6). 

Flemington Spectator (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88509639

Moss, William E., 32645; tried at Melbourne S.C., 15th May. 1911, for stealing in a dwelling; 6 months; tried at Melbourne S.C., 15th May, 1911, for stealing in a dwelling; 6 months, cumulative; tried at Melbourne S.C., 15th May, 1911, for housebreaking; 9 months, cumulative; native of Victoria, labourer, born 1894, 5ft. 4in., fresh complexion, brown hair, brown eyes. Mole left side of neck, scar back of head, " Lilley " outside lower left arm, scar right thigh.

PRISONERS REPORTED AS DISCHARGED FROM THE PENAL ESTABLISHMENTS DURING THE WEEK ENDING 21sT SEPTEMBER, 1912.

PHOTOGRAPHS OF DISCHARGED PRISONERS. Victoria Police Gazette,  1913, no 3 page 6.

Moss William E., 32645; tried at Flemington P.S., 4th August, 1914, gaming; 6 months hard labour; Victoria, labourer, 1894, 5ft. 4in., fresh complexion brown hair, brown eyes. Discharged from Penal Establishment, Pentridge, 16th September, 1912, as 32645, same name.

PRISONERS REPORTED AS DISCHARGED FROM THE PENAL ESTABLISHMENTS

DURING THE WEEK ENDING 16TH JANUARY, 1915.

Victoria Police Gazette, JANUARY  21, 1915 p 174

Enlisted in Melbourne. Sapper, 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company, Returned to Australia 4 Jun 1919

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War Service Commemorated

Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour With the Colours