Victor (Tich) ROSS

ROSS, Victor

    Service Number: 1243
    Enlisted: 24 February 1915, Liverpool, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 18th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Sydney, NSW, 9 July 1891
    Home Town: Erskineville, City of Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Castlereagh Superior Public School
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: 7 January 1951, aged 59 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
    Zone D Section 15 Grave 3167
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    World War 1 Service

    24 Feb 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1243, 18th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW
    25 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 1243, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    25 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 1243, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney

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    Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

    Son of Sarah and William ROSS, 8 Frances Street, Enmore, NSW

    Victor served in Egypt and Gallipoli  and was slightly wouned in the evacuation of Hill 60.  He did three months patrocl in the desert.  He then fought in France and was wounded in the head and lost the sight of his right eye.  He was invalided to Australia and discharged as medically unfit.

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