John Roy ROSS

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Service Number:	382
Enlisted:	24 August 1914, Enlisted at Allora, QLD
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	2nd Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Greenmount, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds - shoulder, Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt, 8 September 1915
Cemetery:	Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Row D, Grave No. 91 Chaplain S.A. Beveridge officiated, Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt
Memorials:	Allora Shire Soldiers Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

24 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 382, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Allora, QLD
24 Sep 1914:	Involvement Private, 382, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
24 Sep 1914:	Embarked Private, 382, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of England, Brisbane
8 Sep 1915:	Involvement Trooper, 382, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 382 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-09-08

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Next of kin given as his brother Clifton Thomas Ross of 'Morning Side', Brisbane, QLD

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Died at age 21 as he was 20 and 3 months when he enlisted in August 1914 and died Sep 1915.