Percival Richard ORMEROD MM

ORMEROD, Percival Richard

Service Number: 3601
Enlisted: 12 March 1917, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 49th Infantry Battalion
Born: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 2 November 1897
Home Town: East Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Warehouseman
Died: Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 19 May 1971, aged 73 years
Cemetery: Albany Creek Cemetery, QLD
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World War 1 Service

12 Mar 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3601, Brisbane, Queensland
29 Oct 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion
31 Oct 1917: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3601, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
31 Oct 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3601, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
16 May 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 49th Infantry Battalion, From 52nd Battalion
16 Sep 1918: Honoured Military Medal, "The Last Hundred Days"
20 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3601, 49th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

Son of Richard Ormerod and Eliza Ann Nuttall

Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Commenced return to Australia on 12 July 1919 aboard HT City of Exeter disembarking on 24 August 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1921c Percival married Florence Gwendoline Mardon.