John ROSS

Regimental number47086
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinFather, W Ross, Marawiti, Lyndhurst, Canterbury
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Rifle Brigade, Reinforcements, J Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 83 Tofua on 26 April 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 21 May 1918
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot LXV, Row D, Grave No 13), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: the late William and C.J. Ross, Lyndhurst
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 62, p. 36

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