William Brown-Ross

Forenames

William AWMM

Surname

Brown-Ross AWMM

Service number

WWI 57836 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs A.J. King (sister), Auckland Road, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 57836 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Telegraph Linesman/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 13 Nov 1917-21 Dec 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 98 AWMM Vessel was Tofua AWMM Trooper AWMM 33rd Reinforcements, Mounted Rifles Brigade AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Sickness, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of pneumonia AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Trooper AWMM
Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM

Son of Frank and Maria Brown-Ross, of Blackwood Park, Ferntree Gully, Melbourne, Australia. Native of Auckland

Next of Kin: Miss A. J. King, Auckland Rd., Onehunga (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

24 Oct 1918 AWMM
Age  30 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Sickness AWMM

Cemetery

Deir el Belah War Cemetery, Palestine, Israel AWMM B. 188. AWMM

Memorial name

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/R21888981
  Further Reference
• 'Post and Telegraph Roll of Honour', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/first-world-war-postal-service/roll-of-honour, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 14-Apr-2015
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/first-world-war-postal-service/roll-of-honour
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/645464/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/645464
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  74: 12
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson & Horton.