Reginald Roy Mackenzie ROSS

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ROSS, Reginald Roy Mackenzie

Service Number:	1861
Enlisted:	4 February 1902, Brisbane, Qld.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
Born:	Taroom, Queensland, Australia, 20 June 1871
Home Town:	Banana, Banana, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Stockman
Died:	Accidental Drowning, Jellinbah- Central Queensland, Australia, 31 March 1906, aged 34 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 1861, 3rd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
4 Feb 1902:	Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 1861, 3rd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, Brisbane, Qld.
25 Mar 1902:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 1861, 3rd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 527 notes 3rd BACH embarked 25 Mar 1902 aboard Englishman arriving Durban 10 May 1902.
19 Aug 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 1861, 3rd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 527 notes 3rd BACH embarked at Durban 11 Jul 1902 aboard Drayton Grange returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 13 Aug 1902, disbanded 19 Aug 1902.

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of John Hay MacKenzie ROSS and Elvina Adelaide nee KABLE, Redcliffe, Banana, Qld.

Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Reginald Roy Mackenzie Ross was born on 20 Jun 1871 at Taroom, Queensland, a son to John Hay Mackenzie Ross and Elvina Adelaide Ross (nee Kable).

He served twice in the South African (Boer) War. First service was as a Private S.N. 257 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen. Second service was as a Private S.N. 1861 in the 3rd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse. He died accidentally drowning while attempting to cross the river at Jellinbah in Central Queensland in 1906.

(Sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 484 and 529; National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier 2nd service).

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