WINDROSS, Theodore Northcote
| Service Number: | 1195 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 September 1914, Enlisted at Toronto, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 9 May 1891 |
| Home Town: | Toronto, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli , 6 August 1915, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Special Memorial, Row C, Grave 78 Headstone inscription reads: He died a soldier and a man, Lone Pine Cemetery, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Toronto Public School Pupils HB |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1195, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Toronto, NSW | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1195, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1195, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John and Rose Windross of Boulevard, Toronto, NSW. Brother of Clarence C. Windross and John M. Windross
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
He had attempted to enlist a months earlier but was rejecting due to his lack of military knowldge and handling of weapons
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
An Original Anzac memorialised at Sandgate Cemetery.
On the 6th August 1915, Private Theodore Northcote Windross, also known as Snowy and Tom, 2nd Battalion (Reg No-1195), driver from Toronto, New South Wales, was Killed in Action at the Battle of Lone Pine, Gallipoli Campaign, age 24.
Born at Newcastle, New South Wales on the 9th May 1891 to John (died 12.7.1929, age 73 and Rosalie Ada E S Windross (died 16.11.1940, age 79) of The Boulevarde, Toronto, New South Wales and 7 Roslyn Street, Bellevue Hill, N.S.W., Snowy enlisted on the 25th September 1914 at Toronto, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on the 22nd December 1914.
Admitted to hospital 4.6.1915 (influenza).
Reported missing between the 7th and 14th August 1915.
Snowy is believed to be resting at the Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey. Sp. Mem Row C Grave 78.
Mr. Windross’s name has been inscribed on the Book of Gold, Toronto & District Soldiers' Memorial, Toronto Public School Roll of Honour, Toronto Red Cross Honour Roll and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
Place of Association – Toronto, New South Wales, Australia.
I have placed poppies at the Windross memorialised gravesite in remembrance of their son’s service and supreme sacrifice for God, King & Country. ANGLICAN 2-142. 19.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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