CROSS, John
| Service Number: | 4383 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 October 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia, 29 August 1892 |
| Home Town: | Kingaroy, South Burnett, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Kingaroy State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 29 July 1916, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Serre Road Cemetery No.2 Beaumont Hamel, France Plot X, Row F, Grave No. 14 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kingaroy RSL Roll of Honour, Kingaroy Stone of Remembrance |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4383, 26th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 30 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4383, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4383, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of Victoria, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
John Cross was only taken on to the strength of the 26th Battalion in France 12 days before his death on 29 July 1916. He was reported wounded and missing on that day although several men reported he was killed by a shell on that day. Several others stated he died after being carried to a dressing station. He was found by a Court of Enquiry held in June 1917 to have been killed in action on the above date. His remains were found near Pozieres in 1927, confirmed by the presence of his identity disc, though nor record exists of the disc being transmitted to his parents. He was reinterred in the Serre Road Cemetery the same year.
His brother, 2801 Pte. Lawrence Cross 25th Company, Australian Machine Gun Corps, was later killed in action in Belgium, 5 October 1917, aged 22.
They were the sons of John and Sarah Cross, of Kingaroy, Queensland.
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