James ORMROD

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Service Number:	20669
Enlisted:	3 August 1917, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	4th Field Company Engineers
Born:	Hindley, England, 28 April 1887
Home Town:	Paddington, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter & Joiner
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 11 October 1969, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

3 Aug 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 20669, Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
16 Nov 1917:	Involvement Sapper, 20669, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Canberra embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
16 Nov 1917:	Embarked Sapper, 20669, Field Company Engineers, SS Canberra, Sydney
4 Feb 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 4th Field Company Engineers
14 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 20669, 4th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Son of George Ormrod and Adelaide Louisa Ormrod nee Turner of Stewart Street, Paddington, QLD formerly of Hindley, England.

Apprenticed to J. Wilson in England ofr five years

Commenced return to Australia on 1 July 1919 aboard HT Frankfurt disembarking on 20 August 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal