Ormiston, John Horace

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, Edmund Allen Ormiston, John Horace

Service Service Number Number 1494 2372 Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Killed in Action 6th May 1918 Peninsula 11th Australian Field Ambulance,Gallipoli Querrieu , France

Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of Benalyn Campbell And Vivienne Tranter in compiling this resource

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NAME

Ormiston, John Horace

SERVICE NO

2372

UNIT

30th Battalion/ 4th 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 ENLISTMENT PREVIOUS SERVICE

Royal Aust Show Ground Sydney

NEXT OF KIN

Father;- Robert Henry Ormiston, Woy Woy, NSW

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

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 British War Medal-50105, Victory Medal-49504. Memorial Plaque & Scroll345151.

MEDALS 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 21st May 1918 pg. 6 ROLL OF HONOR. ORMISTON – John Horace Ormiston, of the 35th 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 6th 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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