Horace John ORMES

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Service Number:	6066
Enlisted:	16 March 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	London, England, 1888
Home Town:	Mortdale, Hurstville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Rockdale, New South Wales, Australia, 4 February 1944, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales
Memorials:	Mortdale War Memorial

16 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6066, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
22 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 6066, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
22 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 6066, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney
20 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6066, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at at the 2nd Military District

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Son of JOhn Ormes and Eliza Ormes of Richmond Street, South Head on Sea, England.

On 14 December 1918 Horace married Dorothy Emily Dewell in the Stoke Hewington Church. Priest R.B. Ford officiated.

Commenced return to Australia on 8 August 1919 aboar HT Katoomba disembarking on 29 September 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal