| Accession Number | P04468.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Date made | c 1918 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Leslie George King Ross, 33rd Battalion, of Glenn Innes, NSW. ...
Description
Studio portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Leslie George King Ross, 33rd Battalion, of Glenn Innes, NSW. A law clerk prior to enlisting on 19 July 1916, he embarked with service number 4363; 11th Reinforcements, 29th Battalion, as a private on 3 November 1916, from Sydney aboard HMAT Afric. During 1917 Ross attended NCO School in Tidworth and became and Instructor at Bombing School in Lyndhurst. Ross was promoted to lieutenant on 8 February 1918. On 3 November 1918 he was admitted to hospital gravely ill and died on 9 November 1918 at 41 Stationary Hospital, France, of bronchitis and pneumonia, aged 21 years. He was a descendant of Phillip Gidley King, Third Governor of NSW, one of over 50 whom served in the First World War.
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