In Memory Of

ROSS, FINLAY GEORGE MACLEOD

Service Details
Age:
 30
Date of Birth:
 1886-10-31
Rank:
 Captain
Regiment:
 Royal Army Medical Corps
Date of Death:
 1917-06-04
Cause of Death:
 Died of pneumonia, due to rigours of campaigning
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 WOLMARANSSTAD CEMETERY
Localitly:
 North West Province
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Citations:
 ***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file
Son of Finlay MacLeod and Amy S. Ross, of 6, Ferryhill Place, Aberdeen. Husband of Hazel Jessie Ross (nee Smith-Ridley). Born Aberdeen. Educated Aberdeen Grammar School; matriculated 1904; graduated M.B., 1909; Assistant, Murray's Asylum, Perth; later went to India as Medical Officer on S.S. "City of Paris". Subsequently, in 1911, following a period of ill-health, he went out to South Africa, where in a short space of time he developed an extensive private practice at Wolmaranstadt and filled many public positions of importance. Ross joined the R.A.M.C. at the outbreak of war and served in East Africa throughout the entire campaign there. Later he took over control of Klerksdorp Hospital to permit two resident medical men to serve in France. His health, affected by the rigours of campaigning, was indifferent and his duties as District Surgeon, Medical Officer of Health, and Physician to the staff of six mines overtaxed his strength, he died of pneumonia on 4 June 1917. His work on service was commended by those under whom he directed the medical organization entrusted to his particular care, and his personal popularity while at the University, in the Army and in private practice was a tribute to his winning personality.