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ROSS, Charles Frank
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3543 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 July 1915, Broadmeadows, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Station Master |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 11 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 9 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3543, 14th Infantry Battalion, Broadmeadows, Vic. | |
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| 11 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3543, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3543, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 18 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 14th Infantry Battalion, Egypt (previously Corporal during embarkation) | |
| 14 Apr 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 14th Infantry Battalion, Egypt | |
| 8 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 3543, 14th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm | |
| 11 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 14th Infantry Battalion, France | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3543, 14th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (First) | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 3543, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3543 awm_unit: 14 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-04-11 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
3543 Corporal (Cpl) Charles Frank Ross, 11th Reinforcments, 14th Battalion, of Bendigo, Vic. enlisted on 9 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Nestor on 11 October 1915.
He later served as a sergeant and was killed in action on 11 April 1917 at Bullecourt, France.
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