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ROSS, Roy Hale
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1905 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 January 1916, Melbourne, Victoria following completion of basic training transferred to 38th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement. |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 38th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kyneton, Victoria, Australia, 21 March 1888 |
| Home Town: | Kyneton, Macedon Ranges, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 13 October 1917, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated: - Panel 25, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kyneton Honour Roll, Kyneton War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1905, 10th Training Battalion, Melbourne, Victoria following completion of basic training transferred to 38th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement. | |
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| 16 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 1905, 38th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 1905, 38th Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne | |
| 13 Oct 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 1905, 38th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1905 awm_unit: 38th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-10-13 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Dianne Black
Parents: - Thomas William Ross and Elizabeth Hannah Hale married 28th March 1883 in Kyneton, Victoria, Australia.
Wife: - Florence Louise Keatch (nee Cooper) married 3rd February, 1916 in Holy Trinity Church, Balaclava, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.