ROSS, Reginald Roy Mackenzie
| Service Number: | 257 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Taroom, Queensland, Australia, 20 June 1871 |
| Home Town: | Banana, Banana, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Stockman |
| Died: | Accidental Drowning, Jellinbah- Central Queensland, Australia, 31 March 1906, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 257, Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 18 May 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 257, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900. | |
| 10 Aug 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 257, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th QIB embarked 5 Jul 1901 aboard Britannic returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Reginald Roy Mackenzie Ross was born on 20 Jun 1871 at Taroom, Queensland, a son to John Hay Mackenzie Ross and Elvina Adelaide Ross (nee Kable).
He served twice in the South African (Boer) War. First service was as a Private S.N. 257 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen. Second service was as a Private S.N. 1861 in the 3rd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse. He died accidentally drowning while attempting to cross the river at Jellinbah in Central Queensland in 1906.
(Sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 484 and 529; National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier 2nd service).
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