ROSS, Frank Gordon
| Service Number: | 46 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 August 1914, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Armidale, New South Wales. Australia, 28 September 1891 |
| Home Town: | Orange, Orange Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Lower Forest State School, New South Wales. Australia |
| Occupation: | Printer/Professional soldier |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Rouen, France, 6 November 1916, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Officers Section Plot B, Row 2, Grave No.7. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Orange & District 1914-1918 Addendum Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 46, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 46, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 46, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 46, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 9 Nov 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 12 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 4 Nov 1916: | Wounded Lieutenant, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, GSW (thigh) | |
| 6 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 3rd Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1916-11-06 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Frank Gordon Ross was reported to have joined the Australian Army in 1911, previous to which time he followed the business of printing in Orange and Bathurst.
He enlisted as a Corporal and rose to the rank of Lieutenant at the time of his death. He served at the landing on Gallipoli and was promoted to Battery Sergeant Major of the 1st Battery of the 1st Field Artillery Brigade, during August 1915. He was mortally wounded in France on the 4 November 1916 and died of gas gangrene and sepsis in the 2nd Red Cross Hospital at Rouen two days later.
His father George and three brothers, Lyn, Ken and Alan, all enlisted in the AIF and served overseas, with two of them being wounded.
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