David Ross

Forenames

David AWMM

Surname

Ross AWMM

Also known as

David Ross AWMM

Service number

WWI 6/2258 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

13 May 1895 Kiwi Jocks Research
5 Trinity Place, Leven, Fife AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Millerton, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

David Ross (father), Millerton, Westport, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 13 Jun 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 6/2258 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 13 Jun 1915-01 Aug 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 25 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti AWMM Private AWMM Canterbury Infantry Battalion AWMM 5th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Sergeant AWMM
Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM

David Ross was the son of David and Jessie Ross, of Millerton, Westport, West Coast, New Zealand. Born at Leven, Fife, Scotland. AWMM

Death

24 Aug 1918 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM XII. A. 16. AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20807839
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/290985/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/290985
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 630
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 4: Includes portrait
• Kiwi Jocks or Scottish-born New Zealand soldiers in the NZEF. Information kindly provided by Andrew Nixon, Scotland between 2009 and 2010.
• Ferguson, David (1921). The history of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd: Auckland, N.Z.
• HMNZT 25. The Tahitian tatler : the unofficial organ of that portion of the Fifth Reinforcements on board H.M.N.Z.T. no. 25, Tahiti. (1915). Bombay, India: Printed by the Times Press for the Units of the Fifth New Zealand Reinforcements.