ROSS, John Kenneth
| Service Number: | 4196 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 September 1915, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia, 4 February 1894 |
| Home Town: | Murwillumbah, Tweed, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Hairdresser |
| Died: | Natural causes, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 23 November 1971, aged 77 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 3-100. 122. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4196, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 28 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4196, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4196, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Brisbane | |
| 12 Jul 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4196, 26th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
53 years ago today, on the 24th November 1971, Private John Kenneth Ross, referred to as Jack, 26th Battalion (Reg No-4196), hairdresser from Wollumbin Street, Murwillumbah, New South Wales and Newcastle?, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 77. CATHOLIC 3-100. 122.
Born at Murwillumbah, New South Wales on the 4th February 1894 to Donald and K(C)atherine (Kate) Ross; husband of Agnes Dorothy Ross, married?, died 4.2.1986, age 87, sleeping here), Jack enlisted on the 23rd September 1915 at Brisbane, Queensland.
Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on the 28th March 1916.
Admitted to hospital 13.5.1916 (influenza), 10.11.1916 (bronchitis & rheumatism).
Commenced return to Australia 17.3.1917.
Jack arrived home on the 16th May 1917, being discharged on the 12th July 1917.
Mr. Ross’s name has been inscribed on The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall. Name not inscribed on the Murwillumbah War Memorial.
I have placed poppies at Jack’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Officially commemorated – [https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html...]
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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