Hugh Leslie Ross

Forenames

Hugh Leslie AWMM

Surname

Ross AWMM

Service number

WWI 12263 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

29 Apr 1896 AWMM

Next of kin

H. Ross (father), Waihou, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1917 AWMM Passchendaele AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 12263 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Clerk AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 06 May 1916-21 Jun 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 52 or HMNZT 53 AWMM Vessel was Mokoia or Navua AWMM Rifleman AWMM 3rd Reinforcements, 3rd Battalion, G Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Wellington Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM

Son of Hugh and Elizabeth Allen Ross, of Waihou, Auckland.

A letter on YMCA notepaper, dated 8 April 1917, addressed to his mother, is also in the same collection (see Further References).

Attended Auckland Grammar School.

Next of Kin: Mr H. Ross, Waihou, Thames (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

1 Aug 1917 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Obituary

Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Third Term, 1917. AWMM

Memorial name

• Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium AWMM
• Auckland Grammar School War Memorial, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland Railway Station, Te Taou Crescent, Auckland 1010. AWMM
• Railways Roll of Honour board. Wellington Railway Station, Pipitea, Wellington 6011. AWMM
• Te Aroha First World War Memorial, Kenrick Street, Te Aroha. AWMM
• St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, 65 Jervois Rd, Ponsonby, Auckland 1011 AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20807931
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Historic Places Trust Register: Auckland Grammar War Memorial
  http://www.historic.org.nz/TheRegister/RegisterSearch/RegisterResults.aspx?RID=4472
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1738248/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1738248
  Further Reference
• Passchendaele Museum Profile
  https://archives.passchendaele.be/en/soldier/3969
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Macdonald, L. (1978). Passchendaele : the story of the third Battle of Ypres 1917. London : Penguin Books.
• Harper, G. (2000). Massacre at Passchendaele : the New Zealand story. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  31: 21
• Ross, Hugh Leslie. Letter to mother, 1917. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-98-106.
• Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
  Obituary: Third Term, 1917. 1917, Third term. pp.24-25.
• 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. 2: Includes portrait
• Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.