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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Private James Ross |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Private |
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| Forename(s): |
James |
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| Surname: |
Ross |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
8/2309 |
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| First Known Rank: |
Private |
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| Next of Kin: |
J. Ross (father), 33 Millais Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Enlistment Address: |
33 Millais Street, Grey Lynn, New Zealand |
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| Military District: |
Auckland |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
- Samoan Advance Party
- 4th Reinforcements
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| Embarkation Unit: |
Otago Infantry Battalion |
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| Embarkation Date: |
- 15 August 1914
- 17 April 1915
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| Place of Embarkation: |
- Wellington, New Zealand
- Wellington, New Zealand
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| Transport: |
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| Vessel: |
- Moeraki or Monowai
- Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo
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| Destination: |
- Apia, Samoa
- Suez, Egypt (25 May 1915)
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
630 |
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| Last Unit Served: |
Otago Infantry Battalion |
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| Place of Death: |
Gallipoli, Turkey |
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| Date of Death: |
9 August 1915 |
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| Year of Death: |
1915 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Killed in action |
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| Description of Image: |
Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915. The image attached to this record may not be correct. There were two men by the name of James Ross from the Otago Infantry Regiment who died in Gallipoli. |
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| Further References: |
Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option. |
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| Sources Used: |
Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919 |
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