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ROSS, Richard Calo
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 474 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 September 1914, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Raywood, Victoria, Australia, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Raywood, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Raywood State School No.1844, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Messines, Belgium, 7 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 31), Belgium, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Raywood State School No. 1844 Honor Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 22 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 474, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 11 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 474, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karroo embarkation_ship_number: A10 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 474, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Karroo, Melbourne | |
| 5 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 474, 9th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 10 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 10th Machine Gun Company, France | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 474, 10th Machine Gun Company, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 474 awm_unit: 10th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-06-07 | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 474, 10th Machine Gun Company, Battle of Messines |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Commemorated on Raywood State School No 1844 Honor Roll ('Humanity called, the response was great'), Raywood Hall, Victoria.
Brother: 2793 Pte Hector ROSS, 21st Bn, died of disease, 30 January 1916.