ROSS, James Forbes
| Service Number: | 389 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Richmond, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Brighton, Bayside, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | School Master |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 25 April 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey Panel 25 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Geelong College WW1 Roll of Honour, Hampton RSL Gallipoli Memorial Gardens, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 389, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Richmond, Victoria | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Sergeant, 389, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Sergeant, 389, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Charles Stuart Ross and Jane Ross of 'Aparima', 237 Hampton Street, Brighton, Victoria
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
1899-1904 - Geelong College Cadet with the rank of Corpora1910-1912 - Trinity School Junior Cadets with the rank of Lieutenent
1912-1914 - Senior Cadets with the rank of Lieutenent
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
James Forbes Ross was a member of the Geelong College cadets from 1899-1912, and senior cadets from 1912-1914.
He was educated at Geelong College, and after being junior master at Camperdown school and at St. Thomas's, Essendon, he was for four years and a half resident master at Trinity Grammar School, Kew. For many years after the war there was a ‘James Forbes Ross’ memorial academic award at Trinity Grammar School.
From a witness on Gallipoli: “I saw him hit by a shell about 27th April at Lone Pine. He died about an hour afterwards and I saw him buried near Lone Pine but the grave was not marked.” From a family history, J.F. Ross was a much-respected teacher at Trinity College Kew, and his death was greatly felt. His father gave his tennis racquet to the school with an inscription on the handle, to be used as a perpetual trophy.
His older brother, 2865 Pte. Henry Hassal Ross 51st Battalion AIF, was also a school master and died of wounds 17 July 1917, aged 38.
Another older brother, 3597 Private George Mico Ross 44th Battalion AIF, returned to Australia during June 1919, having enlisted at 39 years of age.
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