Ross, Finlay George Macleod
Rank: Captain
Regiment: Royal Army Medical Corps
Biography: Son of Finlay M. Ross, commercial traveller ; born Aberdeen, 31 October 1886 ; educated Aberdeen Grammar School; matriculated 1904; graduated M.B., 1909 ; Assistant, Murray 's Asylum, Perth ; later went to India as Medical Officer on S.S. "City of Paris". Subsequently, in 1911, following a period of ill-health, he went out to South Africa, where in a short space of time he developed an extensive private practice at Wolmaranstadt and filled many public positions of importance. Ross joined the R.A.M.C. at the outbreak of war and served in East Africa throughout the entire campaign there. Later he took over control of Klerksdorp Hospital to permit two resident medical men to serve in France. His health, affected by the rigours of campaigning, was indifferent and his duties as District Surgeon, Medical Officer of Health, and Physician to the staff of six mines overtaxed his strength, he died of pneumonia on 4 June 1917. His work on service was commended by those under whom he directed the medical organization entrusted to his particular care, and his personal popularity while at the University, in the Army and in private practice was a tribute to his winning personality.
Date of Death: 04 June 1917
Burial Details: Buried at Wolmaranstadt Cemetery, Transvaal.
Publication: Roll of Service, edited by Mabel Desborough Allardyce. Published 1921.
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