ROSS, Edward
| Service Number: | 216 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 4 March 1916, Place of enlistment - Geelong, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | Creswick, Victoria, Australia, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Leonards Hill, Moorabool, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 27 September 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Templeux-le-Guerard British Cemetery Plot II, Row F, Grave 30, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beech Forest WWI Honour Roll, Leonards Hill State School No 931 Roll of Honor |
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Marie Victorine
TEMPLEUX-LE-GUÉRARD BRITISH CEMETERY
Private Edward Ross
10th Australian Light trench Mortar Battery
27th September 1918. - Plot II. F. 30.
Private (Pte) Edward Ross, 39th Battalion, of Beech Forest, Vic. A labourer prior to enlisting in March 1916, Pte Ross embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT Ascanius (A11) on 27 May 1916.
In August 1916 Pte Ross was transferred to the 10th Light Trench Mortar Battery and arrived for service in France in November.
He was wounded in action in June 1917 and hospitalised in England until November, returning to France in February 1918.
In May 1918 he contracted Influenza and several other illnesses followed. He finally rejoined his unit on 6 September 1918. Pte Ross was killed in action in France on 27 September 1918 during the Allied offensive against the Hindenburg Line. He was 33 years of age.
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