Robert ORMSBY

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Service Numbers:	1849, 7355
Enlisted:	18 January 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Divisional Salvage Company
Born:	Glasgow, Scotland, 1891
Home Town:	Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Rubber Planter
Died:	London, England, 1937, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

18 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1849, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
19 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1849, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
19 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1849, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Argyllshire, Fremantle
13 Jul 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1849, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to enteric fever
19 Jan 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7355, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
6 Jan 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Divisional Salvage Company, From 11th Battalion
14 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7355, 1st Divisional Salvage Company, Discharged in London, England. Unit demobilised

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At the time of enlistment he gave his address as C/- Hotel de La Paix, Singapore later changed to Forest Street, Fremantle, WA.

Son of Henry Ormsby and Mary Jane Ormsby nee Lamont of Monument Road, Ayr, Scotland.

On 10 June 1913 Robert married Isabel Tuner in Glasgow, Scotland then remarried in a church in October 1918

Commenced return to Australia on 9 February 1916 aboard HT Nestor disembarking on 3 March 1916.

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