LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant George David MOSS
Service No: 3781
Born: Hawthorn VIC, 12 July 1891
Enlisted in the Army: 21 September 1918 (for service in Europe)
Unit: Training Depot, Australian Flying Corps
Died: Illness (Pneumonia and Influenza), 19 December 1918, Aged 27 Years
Buried: Perth War Cemetery and Annex, Karrakatta WA
CWGC Additional Information: Husband of Mrs. E. S. Reed, formerly Moss, of Ormond, Victoria
Place of Association: St Kilda VIC
Remembered: Panel 188, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Sergeant Moss had served at Central Flying School, Point Cook VIC, for 3.5 years and was a member of a special draft for the Australian Flying Corps proceeding to the UK when he was taken ill. He had embarked on HMAT Boonah at Adelaide on 22 October 1918 and was removed from the ship at Fremantle and died at the Woodman Point Quarantine Station on 19 December 1918.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record B2455, MOSS GEORGE DAVID