Ormiston, John Horace

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Ormiston, John Horace Service Number 2372

Killed in Action 6th May 1918 11th Australian Field Ambulance, Querrieu , France

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NAME Ormiston, John Horace

SERVICE NO 2372

UNIT 30th Battalion/ 4

th Reinfs.

RANK Private

AGE at Enlistment 42 yrs 7 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH Sydney, NSW

ADDRESS 25 Walker St., Nth Sydney

OCCUPATION Clerk-Records Branch- Department of Mines Sydney

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 3 Apr 1916

PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT

Royal Aust Show Ground Sydney

PREVIOUS SERVICE

NEXT OF KIN Father;- Robert Henry Ormiston, Woy Woy, NSW

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

Height-5’4”. Weight-130lbs. Chest-30½”-33”. Complexion-Fair. Eyes-Grey. Hair-Dark.

RELIGION C/E

EMBARKED 17 Oct 1916 Sydney per A30 “Borda”

DISEMBARKED 9 Jan 1917 Plymouth

NOTES

WOUNDED/ILLNESS 6 May 1918- Fractured Skull, GSW L/Arm & Back. France

DIED 6 May 1918- 2pm at 11th Aust Field Ambulance, Querrieu (Somme) France

BURIED 6 May 1918-Querrieu Brit Cem., nr Corbie France- Row B Gve 9 (Gve 27) ? by Rev Pitt-Owen

MEDALS British War Medal-50105, Victory Medal-49504. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-345151.

DEPENDANTS

PERSONAL EFFECTS Disc, 2 letters, photos, Wallet, religious book, telegram, 2 note books, metal cigarette case, diary, wrist watch silver? Protector & strap, steel mirror in case, combination fork & spoon in pouch, match box holder, leather belt, metal chian, metal sleeve links/ Housewife, air cushion/

WILL Beneficiary;- Sister Annie McMurdo, wife of Eric McMurdo of Nth Sydney.

CORRESPONDENCE Hand written will signed by soldier/ J A Blinkhorn-Executor of estate of soldier/

REMARKS

RED CROSS REPORT “He was a good fellow & well liked by his mates”.

Sydney Morning Herald 21

st May 1918 pg. 6

ROLL OF HONOR. ORMISTON – John Horace Ormiston, of the 35

th Battalion, A.I.F., late of Mines Department, Sydney,

died of wounds in France, May 6, 1918, son of Robert Henry Ormiston.

Sydney Morning Herald 6

th May 1919

ORMISTON – In sad remembrance of my dear son, Pte. John Horace Ormiston 35th Batt. A.I.F.,

who died of wounds received in action, and was buried in the British Cemetery at Querrieu, near Amiens, on May 6, 1918. Inserted by Robert Henry Ormiston late? Mines Department.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7997593




























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