Gower Ross

Gower Ross
Personal information
Full name	Adam Gower Sutherland de Ross
Date of birth	(1890-04-01)1 April 1890
Place of birth	Talbot, Victoria
Date of death	14 February 1917(1917-02-14) (aged 26)
Place of death	Gueudecourt, France
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1909	St Kilda	08 0(2)
1910–1915	Brunswick (VFA)	96 (12)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1915.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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

St Kilda (VFL)

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

Notes

1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 768. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
2. Deaths: de Ross, The Age, (Friday, 10 January 1908), p.1.
3. Permit "St Kilda to Brunswick" granted on 18 May 1910:"ASSOCIATION CLUBS". The Argus. No. 19, 914. Victoria, Australia. 19 May 1910. p. 5.
4. "Brunswick Confident of Success". Sporting Globe. No. 284. Victoria, Australia. 18 April 1925. p. 5.
5. "AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS WOUNDED AND MISSING FILES - Adam Gower Sutherland De Ross". Australian War Memorial.
6. In Memoriam: de Ross, The Argus, (Thursday, 14 February 1918), p.1.
7. Second Lieutenant Adam Gower Sutherland de Ross, Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Gower Ross at AustralianFootball.com
• Gower Ross, at The VFA Project.