ROSS, Charles
(Service number 8/3390)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Sapper |
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Birth
| Date | Unknown | Place of Birth |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Dunedin, New Zealand | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs Alice Lindsay (sister), Nile Street, St Clair, Dunedin, New Zealand | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 8th Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Otago Infantry Battalion | ||
| Date | 13 November 1915 | ||
| Transport | Willochra or Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, New Zealand | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | New Zealand Engineers, 1 Field Company | ||
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Death
| Date | 20 September 1916 | Age | |
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| Place of Death | Somme, France | ||
| Cause | Killed in action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | A.I.F. Burial Ground, Flers, Somme, France | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Hakataramea War Memorial | ||
Biographical Notes
Charles Ross was the son of the late William Andrew and Ann Ross, of Oxford St, Dunedin South, New Zealand.
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