Next of Kin Plaque : Private Frank Gosson, 33 Battalion, AIF

Bronze Next of Kin Plaque with an image of Britannia and a lion together with the words 'HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR'. The name of the dead soldier 'FRANK GOSSON' is recorded in raised letters within a raised rectangle.

Next of kin memorial plaque sent to the family of 1391 Private F E Gosson, 33 Battalion, AIF. Born in Kempsey, NSW, in 1895, Frank Edward Gosson was working as a labourer when he enlisted in the AIF in May 1916. Gosson left Australia for England aboard HMAT Ascanius (A11) in October 1916 with the 3rd Reinforcements of the Light Trench Mortar Battery. He was transferred to the 18th Battalion in February 1917, and then transferred to the 33rd Battalion in August 1917. He was asleep in a shell hole during a heavy bombardment on Passchendaele Ridge on the 14 October 1917 when a shell landed directly on his position, killing him instantly. He had been on the Western Front for less than 12 weeks and was 22 years old. Private Gosson's younger brother, QX3391 Lance Corporal George Percy Gosson served with the 1st Headquarters Guard Battalion in the Second World War. He was captured by Japanese forces on Java and died of illness in June 1943, aged 41.