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MCORMOND, Thomas Vernon
Personal Details
| Service Number: | TX721 |
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| 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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 17 Nov 1939: | Involvement Private, TX721, 2nd/12th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 17 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Private, TX721, 2nd/12th Infantry Battalion, Launceston, Tasmania | |
| 17 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army 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)
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