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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
Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of
Benalyn Campbell
And Vivienne Tranter
in compiling this resource
The information in this file has been extracted from official records
held in the
The Australian War Memorial and
National Archives of Australia
(© Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013)
Further information on this soldier may be found online at:
Commonwealth War Graves
The AIF project
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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
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7997593
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7997593
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7997593
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7997593
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7997593
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7997593
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7997593
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7997593
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7997593
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7997593
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7997593
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7997593
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7997593
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7997593
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7997593
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7997593
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7997593
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7997593
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7997593
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7997593
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7997593
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7997593
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7997593
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7997593
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7997593
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7997593
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7997593
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