ROSS J.F.

Given Names:  James Forbes

Service Number:  389

Unit:  6th Battalion, D Company                                                                                       

Rank:  Sergeant                                                                                                              

Paybook Number: 

Age:  27 Yrs   

Occupation:  School Master (Trinity Grammar)                                                                                           

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Presbyterian

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  10½ In                

Weight:  128½ Lbs

Chest:  35-38½ In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Fair

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  17/8/1914

Place:  Richmond

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Rev Charles Ross

Aparima', Hampton Road, Brighton, Victoria                                                                      

Embarkation Date:  19/10/1914

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Hororata A20

END OF WAR 

Status:  Killed in action

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Embarked:      

Disembarked: 

Unit:  6th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Sergeant

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MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  7070

British War Medal:  1711

Victory Medal:  1716

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1887

Place:  Skipton, Victoria                           

Father:  Charles Stuart ROSS                  

Mother:  June COOPER

MARRIAGE

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Spouse:  

DEATH

Date or Year: 27/4/1915                          

Place: Gallipoli, Turkey                            

Burial:  No known grave

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Hit by a shell at Lone Pine; died about an hour afterwards

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Trinity Grammar

Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey

Australian War Memorial

Memorial Plaque: 303619

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

Address in 1914 Electoral Roll - Trinity Grammar