In Memory Of

ROSS, JOHN McKENZIE

Service Details
Age:
 23
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
Unit:
 2nd Regt.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1917-04-12
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in the improvised and disastrous attack of the 9th (Scottish) Division on the German positions in the East of Fampoux. The 2nd SAI, who went in 400 strong, lost 16 officers and 285 men.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Bay 10.
Cemetery:
 ARRAS MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Pas de Calais
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of James and Tessie Magdalene Ross, of Nottingham Rd., Natal. On Maritzburg College cenotaph. He played college first team rugby in 1911. Also the South Africa Infantry middle weight boxing champion, the fight was held en route to Egypt. On Kwazulu-Natal, LIONS RIVER district, Nottingham Road, St John's Gowrie Presbyterian Church, cemetery Great War Memorial