Ormond FATHERS

FATHERS, Ormond

Service Number: 600
Enlisted: 2 September 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 3rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town: Hornsby, Hornsby Shire, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Carpenter
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 June 1915
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gundagai War Memorial, Hornsby Roll of Honor, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Mundarlo St Peter's Church Roll of Honour, Tumblong War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

2 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 600, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
20 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 600, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 600, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Samuel G. Fathers and Margaret Jane Clemson formerly  Fathers of Junction Road, Hornsby, NSW. Brother of George W.J. Fathers and Marjorie E. Fathers

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Served a five year apprenticeship with Scott Bros of Hornsby, NSW