Ross family papers and pictorial material

fonds

ca. 1918-ca. 1930

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Objects, Photographs, Ephemera

9621347

0.14 metres of textual material (1 box)
135 photographs
20 items of ephemera
1 plaque

Lieutenant James S. L. Ross was born in Moruya in New South Wales.

The Australian government offered a prize of £10,000 for the first Australians in a British aircraft to fly from Great Britain to Australia. On 13 November 1919, Alliance P.2 Seabird (G-EAOX) named 'Endeavour', piloted by Captain Roger M. Douglas and Lieutenant J. S. L. Ross, took off from Hounslow Heath, but within 20 minutes it crashed at Surbiton, England with the loss of both pilots.

SERIES 1
Ross family papers, mainly relating to the deaths of Lieutenant James S. L. Ross and Lieutenant Roger Douglas in 1919, and scrapbook of R. C. G. (Charles) Coulter

SERIES 2
Photographs and memorial cards relating to the death and funeral of Lieutenant James S. L. Ross in 1919, and photographs of World War I pilots and airfields, ca. 1918-1920

SERIES 3
[Memorial plaque relating to the death of Lieutenant James S. L. Ross, ca. 1919] | R 1105