ROSS, Charles Hulm
| Service Number: | 1598 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 December 1914, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Junee, New South Wales, Australia, 11 March 1890 |
| Home Town: | Junee, Junee, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Locomotive Engine driver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 21 August 1915, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1598, 13th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 11 Feb 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1598, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1598, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Sydney | |
| 21 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1598, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
Son of Richard Henry and Ann Isabella Ross
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Charles Hulm ROS (Service Number 1598) was born on 11th March 1890 in Junee. Though he was employed with the Railways casually prior to 18th October 1909, it was on this day that he became permanently employed as a cleaner at Junee, in the Locomotive Branch. By 1911, he had progressed to fireman, and on 4th January 1914 he was working at Harden Depot as a driver. He was released from duty to enlist in the AIF on 19th December 1914. He was 24 when he enlisted. On 11th February 1915, he embarked at Sydney on HMAT A49 ‘Seang Choon’.
By 30th April 1915, he was in Alexandria, and embarked to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at Gallipoli. After just over a month in the field, he was admitted for Influenza on 19th June 1915. A short time later, on 24th June, it was discovered that he was suffering from deafness as well. He was admitted to hospital to Cairo, where he remained for just under a month. He embarked for duty from Alexandria on 21st July 1915.
He rejoined his unit in Gallipoli on 27th July.
He was reported missing in action on 22nd August. During a Court of Enquiry held in April 1916, it was decided that he had died in the field on the day before he was reported missing, that is 21st August 1915.
One informant reported:
‘we crossed one ridge and dug in on the second. Ross was there when we dug in. I feel sure he was killed or wounded at the first ridge. The scrub on this ridge was burnt that night and I feel sure Ross and many others died there. The ground was so much exposed to shell and rifle fire, it was impossible to go over it afterwards’.
He is commemorated in Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli. After his death, his parents were sent a broken watch that had belonged to him. They also received the 1914/15 Star, the Victory Medal, and the British War Medal on behalf of their son’s service.
- based on the Australian War Memorial honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central StationHonour Board.
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