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.
In 1914, Ross from Victoria enlisted in the Field Artillery Brigade of the 1st Division, First Australian Imperial Force. 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.
See also
References
- "Claude Ross". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- Coe, Bruce (2014). "Australasia's 1912 Olympians and the Great War". International Journal of the History of Sport. 31 (18): 2313–2325. doi:10.1080/09523367.2014.918107. S2CID 144974200.
- ^ "Second Lieutenant Claude Murray Ross". Everyman Remembered. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
External links
- Olympic profile
- Claude Ross at Australian Athletics Historical Results
- Claude Ross at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Claude Ross at Olympedia
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