ROSS, Hugh Chisholm
| Service Number: | 1587 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 October 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dimboola, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Dimboola, Hindmarsh, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Ballarat College, Melboune University |
| Occupation: | Student |
| Died: | Illness (Apendicitis), At sea (HS Galeka), 8 November 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at sea, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dimboola Memorial High School WWI Honour Roll, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1587, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1587, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1587, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 1 Sep 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 24th Infantry Battalion, In the field | |
| 8 Nov 1915: | Involvement Sergeant, 1587, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1587 awm_unit: 24 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-11-08 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Chisholm Ross and Amy Elizabeth Ross nee Cathie (later known as Amy Davey) of Dimboola, Victoria
SERGEANT HUGH CHISHOLM ROSS, elder son of the late Dr Chisholm Ross, annd of Mrs Davey, wife of Mr John Davey, manager Dimboola branch of the National Bank, died of appendicitis on November 8. Deceased was 20 years of age, he was educated at the Ballarat College, and had the distinction of being Dux of the college on two successive occasions. Having won an Ormond scholarship and also a State exhibítion valued at £200, spread over five years he entered the Melbourne University in 1913 and was in his second year medicine. He joined as a private and shortly after was promoted to sergeant. He passed for a commission as lieutenant for which he held a certificate but owing to his being under age was not appointed.
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