ROSS, Harold
| Service Number: | 3242 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 June 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, November 1889 |
| Home Town: | Brighton, Bayside, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Printer |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Broodseinde Ridge, Belgium, 4 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3242, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 26 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3242, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3242, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 8th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Honoured Military Medal |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Son of William and Lenora ROSS
MEDAL FOR BRIGHTON BOY
Leaving Australia in November, 1915, Sergeant Harold Ross, of the
8th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, has taken part in a great
deal of the fighting in France. He was wounded at Pozieres, and returned to his unit some months afterwards. He has now been
awarded the Military Medal for gallantry in the field.
Sergeant Ross is the second son of Mr. and Mrs W. H. . Ross, of
Mathoura road, Toorak and formerly of Orchard street, Brighton. Prior to enlisting he was employed in the Victorian Railways Printing
Office, and before sailing was married to Miss Anita M. Drayton,
youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs S. Drayton, of Pine Avenue, Elwood.
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