Thomas Vernon MCORMOND

MCORMOND, Thomas Vernon

Service Number: TX721
Enlisted: 17 November 1939, Launceston, Tasmania
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 18th Australian Infantry Training Battalion
Born: Campbelltown, Tasmania, 19 February 1918
Home Town: Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Lorry driver
Died: Killed in air attack - (POW of Germany), Austria, 18 December 1944, aged 26 years
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Townsville 2/12th Battalion Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

17 Nov 1939: Involvement Private, TX721, 2nd/12th Infantry Battalion
17 Nov 1939: Enlisted Private, TX721, 2nd/12th Infantry Battalion, Launceston, Tasmania
17 Nov 1939: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX721, Infantry Training Battalions
8 Mar 1941: Transferred Private, 18th Australian Infantry Training Battalion
29 Apr 1941: Imprisoned "Operation Lustre" Greece 1941, Captured in Greece
18 Dec 1944: Involvement Private, TX721, 18th Australian Infantry Training Battalion

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"McORMOND.- On December 18, 1944, killed in air action while a prisoner of war in Germany, Thomas Vernon, dearly beloved son of William John and Kate May McOrmond, of 157 York St., and loving brother of Elsie, Dulcie, Eileen, Jesie, Mary and Lawrence, aged 27 years.

His duty nobly done." - from the Launceston Examiner 17 Jan 1945 (nla.gov.au)