Ormond Gillespie TUNKS

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TUNKS, Ormond Gillespie

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	3 April 1918
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	Medical Officers
Born:	Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 9 February 1895
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Sydney University
Occupation:	Medical Practitioner
Died:	Illness, Warringah, NSW, Australia, 8 September 1980, aged 85 years
Cemetery:	Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium, Ryde, New South Wales General Lawn, Row M22, Plot 0093
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World War 1 Service

3 Apr 1918:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Officer
17 Jul 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, Medical Officers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
17 Jul 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, Medical Officers, HMAT Borda, Sydney
23 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, Medical Officers

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Ormond Gillespie TUNKS was born in Redfern, Sydney on 9th February, 1895

His parents were Sydney Charles TUNKS & Emma Rachel POPE

He married Ella May Elizabeth COLLINS in St James Church in King St. Sydney in 1920

He enlisted on 3rd April, 1918 and embarked from Sydney on 17th July, 1918 on the ship HMAT Borda & returned to Australia and was discharged on 23rd November, 1919

Ormond died in Sydney on 8th September, 1980 and is buried in the Macquarie Park Cemetery, North Ryde, Sydney

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