Ormond Stanley FOOTIT BEM

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Service Number:	717
Enlisted:	27 October 1914
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	2nd Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Euroa, Victoria, Australia, 3 November 1890
Home Town:	Euroa, Strathbogie, Victoria
Occupation:	Carrier
Died:	Natural causes, Caulfield Repat Hospital, Victoria, Australia, 14 December 1943, aged 53 years
Cemetery:	Box Hill General Cemetery, Victoria
Memorials:	Euroa Telegraph Park

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27 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 717
3 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 717, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Katuna, Melbourne
3 Feb 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 717, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Katuna embarkation_ship_number: A13 public_note: ''
22 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 717, 4th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, The 4th Light Horse Regiment landed on 22 and 24 May and its squadrons were initially scattered to reinforce the infantry battalions already ashore. The regiment was not reunited until 11 June. It left the peninsula on 11 December 1915.
1 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Returning to Egypt, a fourth squadron "D Squadron" was formed for the regiment and it was promptly detailed, along with B Squadron, for duty as divisional cavalry for the 1st and 3rd Australian Divisions on the Western Front. These two squadrons arrived in France in March and June 1916 and would eventually become part of the II ANZAC Mounted Regiment.
14 Jul 1917:	Wounded Private, 717, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, GSW (head)
8 Feb 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 717, 2nd Light Horse Regiment
Date unknown:	Honoured British Empire Medal, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1

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