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Allegiance
  
Australia

Awards
  
George Cross


Name
  
George Gosse

Rank
  
Lieutenant commander

George Gosse George Gosse Wikipedia


Born
  
16 February 1912 Harvey, Western Australia (
1912-02-16
)

Battles/wars
  
Second World War South-East Asian theatre European theatre

Died
  
December 31, 1964, Maslin Beach, Adelaide, Australia

Battles and wars
  
South-East Asian theatre of World War II, European theatre of World War II, World War II

Service/branch
  
Royal Australian Navy

Years of service
  
1926–1933 1940–1946

George Gosse, GC (16 February 1912 – 31 December 1964) was a mine clearance specialist in the Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RANVR) during the Second World War. He was awarded the George Cross for the heroism he displayed between 8 May and 19 May 1945 in Bremen Harbour in Germany. His citation was published in the London Gazette on 30 April 1946.

George Gosse Lieutenant George Gosse The Australian War Memorial

Divers searching the Undersee Hafen had reported a sighting of what appeared to be a new form of mine and, on 8 May, Gosse dived and verified that it was a G.D. pressure mine known as the 'oyster'. Gosse was given the task of recovering the device intact and dived the next day to remove the primer, with improvised tools, rendering the device safe. During this procedure he heard a loud noise which, upon examination after the mine was brought to land, was found to have been caused by the detonator firing as the primer was removed. He later defused two similar mines which were posing a danger to shipping, on both occasions the detonator fired before the mine reached the surface.

The George Gosse ward at the former Repatriation General Hospital, Hollywood has been named in his honour.

References

George Gosse Wikipedia