ROSS, Ernest
| Service Number: | 2776 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mount Torrens, South Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Mount Torrens, Adelaide Hills, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Memorials: | Mount Torrens Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2776, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2776, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 2776, 10th Infantry Battalion |
Ernest Ross
Name: Ernest Ross
Service Number: 2776
Place of Birth: Mount Torrens
Date of Birth: 26 March 1886
Place of Enlistment: Keswick
Date of Enlistment: 29 June 1915
Age at Enlistment: 19 years 2 months
Next of Kin: Mother, Sarah Ross
Occupation: Driver
Religion: Methodist
Rank: Private
Ernest joined the 27th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement and with his unit embarked from Adelaide on board HMAT A 24 Benalla on 27 October 1915. In the Middle East he was hospitalised with diphtheria at Abbassia, Egypt on 27 January 1916. Ernest was admitted to Queen Mary’s Military Hospital, Lancashire, England on 25 September, seriously ill with perecarditis and in December he was hospitalised with myalgia at the 3rd Auxiliary Hospital. He proceeded to France on 28 June 1917. Rheumatism resulted in another period of hospitalisation for Ernest at the 83rd General Hospital, Boulogne in January 1918.
Private Ernest Ross returned to Australia on board the Suffolk on 12 April 1919 and was discharged on 25 July.
Submitted 25 October 2023 by christopher collins
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