Ronald Campbell ROSS

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Service Number:	181
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	8th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Northcote, Victoria, Australia, 14 January 1889
Home Town:	Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria
Schooling:	Footscray, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	blacksmith's striker
Died:	Heart Attack, Braybrook, Victoria, Australia, 28 July 1948, aged 59 years
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremated remains collected.
Memorials:

25 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 181, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Melbourne
25 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 181, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
21 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 181, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
21 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 181, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
7 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 181, 8th Light Horse Regiment, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, 4.30am, attack on The Nek, failed due to enemy heavy machine gun fire. Now known as the Charge of the 8th Light Horse Brigade at Lone Pine.
26 Feb 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 181, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations, Based at Serapeum for Suez Canal operational duties.
10 Apr 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 8th Light Horse Regiment
1 Mar 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 8th Light Horse Regiment
9 Aug 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 181, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Return to Australia per H.T. Ceramic, disembarked Melbourne 27 September, 1919.
11 Jan 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 181, 8th Light Horse Regiment

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