Andrew ROSS

ROSS, Andrew

Service Number: 5399
Enlisted: 20 March 1916, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 18th Infantry Battalion
Born: Nairn, Scotland, 1886
Home Town: North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Stonemason
Died: Died of wounds, France, 29 May 1918
Cemetery: Etaples Military Cemetery
Plot LXV1, Row E, Grave 10, Etaples Military Cemetery, Etaples, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

20 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5399, Sydney, New South Wales
22 Aug 1916: Involvement Private, 5399, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
22 Aug 1916: Embarked Private, 5399, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney
3 May 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5399, 18th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), GSW (leg)
19 May 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5399, 18th Infantry Battalion, Merris (France), 2nd occasion - Shell wounds (knee, face - amputated leg)

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Charles and Anne Ross formerly of Cromarty, Ross-shire, Scotland; brother of Mary Ross of 16 Church Street, Cromarty, Scotland. Later Craiglea, South Beach, Ayrshire, Scotland

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal