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ROSS, John Ambrose
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 928 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 1st Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Flagstaff Reef, Victoria, Australia, 30 September 1893 |
| Home Town: | Maryborough, Central Goldfields, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 26 July 1916, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maryborough War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 928, 8th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 928, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne | |
| 26 Jul 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 928, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 928 awm_unit: 1st Australian Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-26 |
Personal Stories
John Ambrose Ross, 928
John was born on 30th September 1893 at Flagstaff Reef, Victoria
Sister was Mary Mabel Ross, born on 30th August 1891 at Maryborough, Victoria. Mary married Joseph Anderson Rickard, they had two children: Valerie Eunice Rickard (now Street), and John Anderson Rickard (b. 1935)
Submitted 25 April 2019 by Veronica Rickard