Thomas Scott (Tom) ROSS

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Service Number:	1228
Enlisted:	24 January 1901
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
Born:	Avoca, Victoria, Australia, 27 November 1872
Home Town:	Williamstown (Vic), Hobsons Bay, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grocer
Died:	Enteric Fever, Wakkerstroom, Mpumalanga, South Africa, 4 March 1902, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Wakkerstroom Cemetery, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Boer War Memorial (Queen Victoria Square), Melbourne - 5th Contingent Victorian Mounted Rifles

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 1228
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 1228, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
24 Jan 1901:	Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 1228, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
15 Feb 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 1228, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, Embarked from Port Melbourne on the "Orient" Troopship.
4 Mar 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 1228, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, D.O.D.

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