Soldier profiles
Name : ROSS, ALBERT HENRY JOHN
Service Number : 3212 (VX14393)
Date of Birth : 09/01/1898
Place of Birth : SYDNEY, NSW
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : CLERK
Date of Enlistment : 07/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : IVANHOE, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : ROSS, RUTH
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : CAPTAIN
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 10/01/1953
Date Died : ??/??/1968
Age at Death : 70?
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : JAVA
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : NO
P.O.W. Camps (details) : BICYCLE (JAVA)
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : JAVA
Honours and Gallantry : Mentioned in Despatches for services rendered whilst POW in Japanese hands. London Gazette 06/03/1947. Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 06/03/1947
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0075 Missing & POW Circular, Australian War Memorial Awards Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 479004 [OPEN], Barcode 32339925 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, AWM_P01613.001.jpg, Past article (size 368kB), Past article (size 214kB), Past article (size 216kB), Past article (size 888kB)
Background : Son of William Ross. Served in World War 1 (enlisted 13/05/1918 at North Sydney as Private in H Company). Tortured 26/05/1942 onwards and returned to Battalion 24/06/1942. Repatriated to Australia on S.S. Tamaroa. THEN photo circa 1918 courtesy of State Library of New South Wales. Fawkner Crematorium, Victoria in 1968.
