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ORMSBY, Matthew Stephen
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2240 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 May 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Jamestown, South Australia, Australia , 19 October 1891 |
| Home Town: | Gawler, Gawler, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Gawler Grammar School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 25 April 1918, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide The 50th Battalion Commemorative Cross, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gawler Council Gawler Men Who Answered the Call WW1 Roll of Honor, Kingoonya & Tarcoola Honour Roll, Lameroo Memorial Window, Tarcoola Goldfields and District Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 22 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2240, 50th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA | |
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| 12 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2240, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2240, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the time of enlistment was Lameroo, SA.
Son of Thomas Ormsby and Julia Ormsby nee Maloney of Gawler East, SA.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal