Claude Ross Explained

Claude Murray Ross (13 May 1893 – 17 August 1917) was an Australian track and field athlete. Ross competed in the men's 400 metres hurdles for Australasia at the 1912 Summer Olympics.^[1]

In 1914, Ross from Victoria enlisted in the Field ArtilleryBrigade of the 1st Division, First Australian Imperial Force.^[2] In 1915, Ross was at both the April landing and December evacuation of the Gallipoli Campaign. In early 1917, he gained his commission in the Royal Flying Corps. Ross was killed on 17 August 1917 aged 24 in the skies over France.^{[3] [4]}

See also

• List of Olympians killed in World War I

External links

• Olympic profile

Notes and References

1. Web site: Claude Ross . Olympedia . 18 April 2021.
2. Coe. Bruce. Australasia's 1912 Olympians and the Great War. International Journal of the History of Sport. 2014. 31. 18. 2313–2325. 10.1080/09523367.2014.918107 . 144974200 .
3. Web site: Second Lieutenant Claude Murray Ross. Everyman Remembered. 20 April 2015.
4. Web site: Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 . dead . 17 April 2020 . 3 August 2015 . Sports Reference.