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John Alexander Ross

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Portrait, John Alexander Ross (53813 53812) Auckland Weekly News - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, John Alexander Ross (53813 53812) Auckland Weekly News - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Alexander AWMM
  • Surname
    Ross AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 53813 AWMM
    • WWI 53812 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs Margaret Johns (sister), Fairfax, Southland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs Ellen Ross (wife), Orua Road, Rona Bay, Wellington, New Zealand 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 53813 AWMM
    • WWI 53812 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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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
    Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • John Ross was the brother of Peter Duff Ross, of Clifton, Southland, New Zealand.

    Serial Number is recorded as 53813 in Nominal Rolls, as 53812 in CWGC and both numbers in Archives New Zealand AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    22 February 1918 AWMM
    Age 33 AWMM
    France, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM XXVII. E. 8. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      68: 12 AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      75: 4 AWMM

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