Fleming ROSS

Regimental number10/3144
Address11 Paterson Street, Wellington
Marital statusMarried
Next of kinWife, Mrs Lillie M Ross, 11 Paterson Street, Wellington
Rank on embarkationMajor
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 8th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 13 November 1915
Final rankMajor
Final unit1st Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


'At Flers on the 16th September this Officer was in command of the Ruahine Company of this Battalion. His company was assigned the left half of the objective attacked by the Battalion, and succeeded in taking and consolidating its objective in spite of severe casualties. He showed great bravery and coolness in reconnoitring the position before the attack, and judgement in handling his Company throughout the operation until he was killed by a shell on the afternoon of the 17th September.'
Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', 4 January 1917.

FateKilled in Action 18 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records38
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsCaterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Longueval, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Daniel and Hannah Ross, Timaru; Wife: Lillie Marion Ross, 15 Tavistock Road, Lyall Bay, Wellington
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Eighth