Harry Edward ORMISTON

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Service Number:	5491
Enlisted:	1 December 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Harris Park, New South Wales, Australia , 28 December 1893
Home Town:	Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 27 April 1981, aged 87 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Bundaberg General Cemetery, Queensland Lawn Section
Memorials:	Bingera & South Kolan WW1 Honour Roll

1 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5491, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
20 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 5491, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
20 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 5491, 15th Infantry Battalion, SS Hawkes Bay, Sydney
3 Nov 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5491, 15th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as Bingera Plantation, Bundaberg, QLD.

Served a four year apprenticeship in tailoring.

Son of Harry O. Ormiston and Rosina Christina Ormiston of Elgin Avenue, London, England.

Commenced return to Australia on 21 July 1917 aboard a Hospital Ship disembarking on 18 July 1917 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 4 November 1918 Harry married Lily Christine Nielsen in QLD