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Allan Hector ROSS

Regimental number2885
Place of birthWaurn Ponds, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressEvans Street, Belmont, via Geelong, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinBrother, J Ross, Evans Street, Belmont via Geelong, Victoria
Enlistment date1 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A16 Star Of Victoria on 10 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Pioneer Battalion
FateDied of wounds 29 June 1918
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialLe Peuplier Military Cemetery, Caestre (Row B, Grave No.16
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
172
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Emily ROSS. Native of Waurn Ponds, Geelong, Victoria
Family/military connectionsNephews: 925 Pte Herbert William DAY, 58th Bn, killed in action, 27 March 1918; 785 Pte Lancelot Edward DAY, 6th Bn, returned to Australia 5 February 1918; 5677 Pte Clifton James DAY, 1st Pioneer Bn, returned to Australia, 12 June 1919; 2743 Warrant Officer II John Charles ROSS DCM, 32nd Bn, returned to Australia, 22 May 1919.
Miscellaneous detailsAddress incorrectly entered on Embarkation Roll as Bellmont, Victoria.

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