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Vernon John Wallace ROSS

Place of birthAuburn Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationCommercial representative
AddressCommonwealth Bank General Business Ac, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, John Wallace Ross, Whyte Street, Somerton, South Australia
Enlistment date19 May 1915
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit name23rd Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on 8 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 22 April 1918
Date of death23 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialRibemont Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row N, Grave No. 7), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
100
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Caroline ROSS, 23 Eskdale Road, Caulfield, Victoria. Native of Hawthorne, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 5401 Corporal Ralph Wallace ROSS, 21st Bn, returned to Australia, 22 July 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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