Joseph Francis ROSS

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Service Number:	2898
Enlisted:	20 November 1916, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	37th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Gravel Hill State School, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Baker
Died:	Killed in Action, Broodseinde Ridge, Belgium, 4 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 25), Belgium, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Honor Roll, Bendigo St. Andrews Presbyterian Church "They Died That We May Live" Roll of Honor, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

20 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2898, Melbourne, Victoria
16 Dec 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2898, 37th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
16 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 2898, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Melbourne
4 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2898, 37th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge

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Parents: Joseph and Louisa ROSS, Olympia House, Mitchell Street, Bendigo, Victoria.

Native of Swan Hill, Victoria