ROSS, Allan Collin
| Service Number: | 5765 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, 17 December 1897 |
| Home Town: | Croydon, Ashfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 15 September 1973, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Zone D Anglican Section 16B Grave 202 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5765, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 3 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 5765, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 5765, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Allan Colin Ross of Croyden, New South Wales, came from a fighting family. His father, Private George Ross enlisted in the 1st Battalion at 47 years of age in 1916 and served overseas.
Allan also had three older brothers who served. Lieutenant Frank Gordon Ross of 1st Division Artillery died of wounds in France during November 1916, aged 25. Another brother, Sergeant Major George Lynwood Ross also served in the Artillery, was wounded in 1917 and returned to Australia in 1919. Another brother, Driver Kenneth Douglas Ross also served in the 1st Division Artillery.
Allan was twice wounded during his service with the 4th Battalion, and the second wound in January 1918 resulted in a severely fractured elbow from shrapnel, which saw Allan Ross being returned to Australia early during April 1918.
He married in 1925, raised three children and was still working as a railway employee in Croydon in 1936. Allan passed away in 1973, at 75 years of age.
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