Samuel ROSS

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Service Number:	2787
Enlisted:	14 July 1915, Melbourne
Last Rank:	Shoeing-Smith
Last Unit:	11th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Byaduk, Southern Grampians - Victoria, Australia, 13 June 1883
Home Town:	Byaduk, Southern Grampians, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Died:	Killed in Action, Tel-el-Sheria, Palestine, 7 November 1917, aged 34 years
Cemetery:	Gaza War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza) XII. E. 6.,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kowree Shire Honour Roll

14 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2787, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Melbourne
27 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 2787, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
27 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 2787, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres
22 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 11th Light Horse Regiment
6 May 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith, 11th Light Horse Regiment
7 Nov 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith, 2787, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations
7 Nov 1917:	Involvement 2787, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Third Ypres

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