ROSS, William Rice
| Service Number: | 1701 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 April 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Edingburgh, Scotland, 1882 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Motor mechanic |
| Died: | Pneumonia, Fargo Military Hospital, Wiltshire, England, 17 January 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire Grave No. 156 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1701, 43rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 1701, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 1701, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 17th January…… William Rice Ross was born in Edinburgh, Scotland around 1882.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 1st April, 1916 stating he was a 28 year old, single, Motor Mechanic from Franklin Street, Adelaide, South Australia.
Private William Ross, Service number 1701, embarked from Adelaide on HMAT Afric (A19) on 9th June, 1916 & disembarked at Southampton, England on 24th July, 1916. Private Ross had been admitted sick to Ship’s Hospital on the journey over to England on 18th June, 1916 & again on 4th July, 1916.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
He was taken on strength with 11th Training Battalion, Durrington, Wiltshire on 7th August, 1916.
On 25th August, 1916 was admitted to Fargo Military Hospital, Wiltshire & again on 9th September, 1916 with fractured hand.
Private William Ross was admitted to 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital at Bulford, Wiltshire on 19th October, 1916. He was transferred to Parkhouse & on 21st November, 1916 transferred to Codford Camp No. 3, Wiltshire.
On 14th December, 1915 Private Ross was admitted to Fargo Military Hospital, Wiltshire with Influenza & was reported to be seriously ill on 15th December, 1916 with Pneumonia.
Private William Ross died at 4.15 a.m. on 17th January, 1917 at Fargo Military Hospital, Wiltshire from Pneumonia.
He was buried in Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire where 140 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/r---s1.html
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