Gower Ross Explained

Gower Ross
Fullname:	Adam Gower Sutherland de Ross
Birth Date:	1 April 1890
Birth Place:	Talbot, Victoria
Death Place:	Gueudecourt, France
Statsend:	1915
Years1:	1909
Games Goals1:	8 (2)
Years2:	1910–1915
Club2:	Brunswick (VFA)
Games Goals2:	96 (12)

Adam Gower Sutherland de Ross (1 April 1890 – 14 February 1917) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

The son of William de Ross (1834-1908),^[2] and Anne Robinson de Ross (1862-1913), née Clough, Adam Gower Sutherland de Ross was born at Talbot, Victoria on 1 April 1890.

Football

Brunswick (VFA)

After eight games with St Kilda in 1909 he transferred to Brunswick,^[3] where he played until enlisting to serve in the Royal Flying Corps in World War I.^[4]

Death

He died on his first active mission after being shot down over France in 1917.^{[5] [6]} He is commemorated at the Arras Flying Services Memorial.^[7]

See also

• List of Victorian Football League players who died on active service

References

• Commemorative Roll: Second Lieutenant Adam Gower Sutherland de Ross (9504), Australian War Memorial
  • ("The Commemorative Roll records the names of those Australians who died during or as a result of wars in which Australians served, but who were not serving in the Australian Armed Forces and therefore not eligible for inclusion on the Roll of Honour.")
• 2 Lt. de Ross, A.G.S., Royal Air Force Museum.

External links

• • • Gower Ross, at The VFA Project.

Notes and References

1. Book: Holmesby, Russell. The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria . 768.
2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196090892 Deaths: de Ross, The Age, (Friday, 10 January 1908), p.1.
3. Permit "St Kilda to Brunswick" granted on 18 May 1910:News: ASSOCIATION CLUBS. . The Argus . 19,914 . Victoria, Australia . 19 May 1910 . 5.
4. News: Brunswick Confident of Success . Sporting Globe . 284 . Victoria, Australia . 18 April 1925 . 5.
5. Web site: AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS WOUNDED AND MISSING FILES - Adam Gower Sutherland De Ross . Australian War Memorial.
6. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1639500 In Memoriam: de Ross, The Argus, (Thursday, 14 February 1918), p.1.
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/747222/de-ross,-adam-gower-sutherland/ Second Lieutenant Adam Gower Sutherland de Ross