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Personal data

• Name ROSS
• Initials DJ
• First name DONALD JAMES
• Place of birth Hay
• Country New South Wales, Australia
• Last residence Balliang-Street, South Geelong
  Victoria
  
• Family Son of Donald and Margaret Ross, of 54, Balliang St., Geelong South, Victoria, Australia

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Enlisted in Geelong, Victoria on 7 March 1916
• Service number 3609
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 29th Bn. Australian Infantry
• Division - Brigade 8th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 5th Australian Division
• National force A.I.F.
• Other data related to military career Embarked at Melbourne on 1 August 1916; to France on 6 December 1916

Death

• Wounded 27 September 1917
• Type of wounds Died of shrapnel wounds on left leg and arm, face at n°10 CCs
• Date of death 29 September 1917
• Died at the age of 23
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXV - B - 5

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