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Hector ROSS

Regimental number2793
Place of birthRaywood Victoria
SchoolRaywood State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinFather, Richard Ross, c/o Mrs J Gee, Inglewood Street, Raywood, Victoria
Enlistment date9 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Moldavia on 5 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll21st Battalion
FateDied of disease 30 January 1916
Place of burialCairo War Memorial Cemetery (Row D, Grave No. 289) Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
95
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated on Raywood State School No 1844 Honor Roll ('Humanity called, the response was great'), Raywood Hall, Victoria.
Family/military connectionsBrother: 474 Pte Richard Colo ROSS, 3rd Machine Gun Bn, killed in action, 7 June 1917.

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