Surname:
ross
Reg No:
9350
Given Names:
john
Contingent:
Tenth
Rank:
sergeant
Unit:
South Island Regiment - G Squadron
County/City:
tuapeka
Occupation:
nurseryman
Ship:
Norfolk 19 April 1902
Address:
kelso otago
Relationship to Soldier:
father
Notes:
John Ross, who also enlisted with the 4th Contingent in 1900.
See: John Ross's personnel file (Archway).
Further information and images supplied by Sarndra Lees:
Sergeant John ROSS 9350
10th Contingent - also embarked in 1900 as 1032 (4th Contingent)
Died 13 July 1941
Aged 69 years
Occupation: Nurseryman
4th Contingent 1032– Attested at Dunedin, aged 28 on 22 March 1900 [served 1 yr 123 days overseas]
10th Contingent 9350 – Attested at Addington, aged 30 on14 April 1902 [served 87 days overseas]
Awarded Queen’s S.A. Medal and Clasps “Cape Colony”, “Transvaal”, “Rhodesia”, “South Africa 1901” and “South Africa 1902”
Images of his grave at Waikumete Cemetery.
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