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Military service
Age:
28
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
72nd Bn.
Death:
April 11, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. H. 72.
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Ross, of Vancouver, British Columbia; late of Glasgow, Scotland.
Digital gallery of Captain Joseph Ross
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Grave Marker
Memorial & Ross family grave stone in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC. In memory of Captain Joseph Ross of the 72nd Battn. C.E.F. (Seaforth Highlanders of Canada) who died on April 11th 1917 at the age of 27 of wounds receved at the battle of Vimy Ridge France. He was laid to rest in the Barlin Communal Cemetery France grave I.H.72. -
Grave Marker
Close up of the memorial & Ross family grave stone in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC. In memory of Captain Joseph Ross of the 72nd Battn. C.E.F. (Seaforth Highlanders of Canada) who died on April 11th 1917 at the age of 27 of wounds receved at the battle of Vimy Ridge France. He was laid to rest in the Barlin Communal Cemetery France grave I.H.72. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province March 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 1 issue of the Vancouver Daily News Advertiser c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Captain Joseph Ross
Digital gallery of
Captain Joseph Ross
Digital gallery of
Captain Joseph Ross
Digital gallery of
Captain Joseph Ross
Digital gallery of
Captain Joseph Ross
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 319 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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