Victor Jeffrey ORMES

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Service Numbers:	466, 4427, 466, 4427
Enlisted:	21 January 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria. Re-allocated number now 4427
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	8th Field Company Engineers
Born:	St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Elsternwick, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Plumber
Died:	Prahran, Victoria, Australia, 1982, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne A F Alway Lawn, Row AF, Grave 24. Interred as Geoffrey Ormes
Memorials:

21 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 466, 4427, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria. Re-allocated number now 4427
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 466, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 466, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
5 Aug 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 8th Field Company Engineers, From 24th Battalion
29 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4427, 8th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Variations of his name are Victor Jeffery Ormes and Geoffrey Victor Ormes.

Son of Johathon Ormes and Blanche Ormes nee Thomas of Point Nepean Road, Elsternwick, Victoria.

Served his six year plumbing apprenticeship with J.J. Webster of Elsternwick, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 9 March 1919 aboard HT Kashmir disembarking on 30 April 1919

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

During 1922c Victor married Margaret Mary O'Neill in Victoria