Leslie ORMOND

ORMOND, Leslie

    Service Number: 4211
    Enlisted: 15 September 1915, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 18th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Palmerston North, New Zealand, 1894
    Home Town: North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Deck Hand
    Died: Concord, New South Wales, Australia, 9 August 1957, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW
    Roman Catholic FM 27, Grave 229
    Memorials: Yass & District WW1 Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    15 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4211, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
    8 Mar 1916: Involvement Private, 4211, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
    8 Mar 1916: Embarked Private, 4211, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Sydney
    28 Apr 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 63rd Infantry Battalion, From 18th Battalion
    19 Sep 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 18th Infantry Battalion, From 63rd Battalion.
    9 Aug 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4211, 18th Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the head and shoulder. Invalided to England on 13 August 1917
    19 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4211, 18th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of John Ormond and Mary Ormond of Rangitiki Street, Palmerston North, NZ. Birth name registered as Leslie James Ormond but served at Leslie Ormond.

    Address at the time of enlistment was given as Burton Street, North Sydney, NSW.

    Commenced return to Australia on 20 May 1919 aboard HT Nestor disembarking on 4 July 1919

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    During 1921c Leslie married Clarice May de Vere in Sydney, NSW

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