James Robert ROSS

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Service Number:	4693
Enlisted:	8 November 1915, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lion Jarrah Mill (Mt. Helena), Western Australia, 10 November 1892
Home Town:	Wellington Mills, Dardanup, Western Australia
Schooling:	Karridale Public School, Western Australia
Occupation:	Locomotive Fireman
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 31 August 1916, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dardanup War Memorial, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

8 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4693, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
12 Feb 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4693, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
12 Feb 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4693, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle
31 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4693, 48th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4693 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-31

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