Egbert Quarterman ORMEROD

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ORMEROD, Egbert Quarterman

Service Number:	6839
Enlisted:	30 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	4th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Blackburn, Victoria, Australia, 3 April 1891
Home Town:	Hillston, Carrathool, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Overseer
Died:	Donvale, Victoria, Australia, 4 October 1975, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria The Victorian Garden of Remembrance. Wall 156, Row V
Memorials:	Hillston Memorial Park Gates

World War 1 Service

30 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 6839, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked Driver, 6839, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
18 Nov 1915:	Involvement Driver, 6839, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
24 Jul 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, From 4th Field Artillery Brigade
4 Nov 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 4th Field Artillery Brigade
1 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 6839, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Wound to the chest. Invalided to England on 6 September 1918
17 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 6839, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Address at the time of enlistment was given as North Merrowie, Hillston, NSW

Son of Sedgwick Ormerod and Charlotte (Chatty) Margaret Ormerod nee Quarterman of Canterbury Road, Toorak, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 8 November 1918 aboard HT Gaika disembarking on 19 December 1918

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1926c Egbert married Glaadys Rose Florence Pain in Victoria.

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