John Alexander ROSS

Regimental number53813
OccupationBushman
Next of kinSister, Mrs Margaret Johns, Fairfax, Southland
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, H Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 88 Athenic on 16 July 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 22 February 1918
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXVII, Row E, Grave No 8), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Regimental number given as 53812 on CWGC site. Brother: Peter Duff Ross, Clifton, Southland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 68, p. 12