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FATHERS, Ormond
Personal Details
Service Number: | 600 |
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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, Hornsby War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Mundarlo St Peter's Church Roll of Honour, Tumblong War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
2 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 600, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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