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ROSS, Ronald
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 695 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 20 March 1915, Nagambie, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Richmond Plains, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Charlton, Buloke, Victoria |
| Schooling: | University High School, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 14 November 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fentons Creek Woosang & District Great War Honour Roll, Shire of Charlton Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Wedderburn Woosang Patriotic League Great War Roll of Honour, Woosang War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 695, 24th Infantry Battalion, Nagambie, Vic. | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 695, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 695, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 30 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 695, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 29 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 695, 24th Infantry Battalion, Trench raid | |
| 23 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 695, 24th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm, Shell shock and SW to face. Rejoined unit 26 August 1916. | |
| 5 Oct 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 24th Infantry Battalion, France | |
| 14 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 695, 24th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17 | |
| 14 Nov 1916: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 695, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 695 awm_unit: 24 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-11-14 |
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