Frederick ROSS

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Service Number:	1828
Enlisted:	29 December 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Calcutta, India, 1883
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Platelayer
Died:	Killed in Action, Lone Pine, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915
Cemetery:	Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Special Memorial, Row C, Grave 61 Headstone inscription reads: Their glory shall not be blotted out, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

29 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1828, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
10 Apr 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1828, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
10 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1828, 2nd Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, KIA Lone Pine

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His address at the time of enlistment was C/- Mr. Harrop of 72 Bathurst Street, Sydney, NSW

Next of kin given as his sister E. Clements of Church Crookam, Hampshire, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Previously served in Imperial Army 12th Lancers for 9 years

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