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ROSS, William Alexander
(Service number 64720)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	12 June 1884	Place of Birth	Kingsdown, Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Levels Plain, Timaru
Occupation	Agricultural Contractor
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mr Donald ROSS (father), Levels Plain, Timaru
Religion	Methodist
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

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Death

Date	26 March 1950	Age	65 years
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Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 82, Plot 94
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

William Alexander Ross was the youngest son of Donald and Fanny Grace (née Mundy) Ross. His mother died in 1885, aged 27 years, when William was just an infant. William was educated at Gleniti School. He was a ploughman at Levels when he was called up in 1917.

Sources

NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [25 October 2019]; Timaru Cemetery burial records (Timaru District Council) [25 October 2019]; Timaru Herald, 25 June 1917 (Papers Past) [15 May 2014]

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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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