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Hugh Macpherson Ross

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Hugh Macpherson AWMM
  • Surname
    Ross AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 4/29A AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1890 BDM Fendalton, Christchurch BDM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 E. J. Ross, 7 Garden Road, Fendalton, Christchurch AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 4/29A AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 22 September 1914 AWMM Engineer/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    10 July 1915 AWMMDied of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
    Died of Wounds recieved in action at Dardanelles, 17th General Hospital, Alexandria AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Hugh Ross was the son of Edward James Ross and Jane Wilson Ross, of Christchurch, New Zealand. Enlisted with the British Section of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force as a Private and then transferred to the New Zealand Engineers, 1st Field Company. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    10 July 1915 AWMM
    Age 21 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt AWMM L. 31. AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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09 May 2015FrancescaAuckland, New ZealandOther Relative

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