John Edwin (Jack) ROSS

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ROSS, John Edwin

Service Number:	1940
Enlisted:	20 September 1915, Goulburn, NSW
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	6th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Wallendbeen, New South Wales, Australia, November 1893
Home Town:	Goulburn, Goulburn Mulwaree, New South Wales
Schooling:	Goulburn Public School
Occupation:	Railway Signaller
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 21 August 1917
Cemetery:	Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, Vlamertinghe, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Goulburn District Railway Employees Great War Honour Roll, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board

World War 1 Service

20 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1940, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Goulburn, NSW
20 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 1940, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 1940, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
21 Aug 1917:	Involvement Gunner, 1940, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1940 awm_unit: 50th Australian Field Artillery Battery awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-08-21

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of John and Fannie ROSS, George Street, Goulburn, NSW

"OUR JACK" OH WE MISS HIM BUT HOW SADLY ACHING HEARTS ALONE CAN TELL

Killed in action by a shell at Ypres 21 August 1917. Gunner Ross was very popular amongst mates and officers, from whom Mrs. Ross received many letters of condolence.

GUNNER J. E. ROSS KILLED.
It is with sincere regret that we have to report that the Rev. Canon Carver on Thursday afternoon received the sad news that Gunner John Edwin (Jack) Ross was reported killed in action. Gunner Ross, who was 23 years of age, and son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Ross, George-street enlisted in October, 1915, in the 13th Field Artillery (late 6th Light Horse Regiment), and left for the front two months afterwards. When in Goulburn he was a sigilalmnan in the railway yards. He had many friends.

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