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ROSS, Andrew
Personal Details
Service Number: | 5399 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
20 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5399, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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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) |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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