212998 Pte. Peter Ross Australian Imperial Force. 36th Btn. from:Dulwich, NSW My grandfather Peter Ross, originally from Edinburgh, Scotland, but after emigrating with his parents to Australia, served with the 36th Battalion, 9th Brigade AIF from early 1917. Peter suffered a gunshot wound to the head and left hand on the 4th April 1918 at Villers-Brettoneux. He was blinded by this severe injury and was evacuated back to St. Dunston's in London and did not recover enough to return to Australia until 1921. Later, he returned to England and married one of his nurses who he had met at a hospital in Midhurst, Sussex. His health was severely affected for the rest of his life but thankfully he lived to a good age and had 8 children and died in 1976.
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