MELEN, John Ormond Lea
| Service Number: | 5735 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 February 1916, Casula, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1 August 1894 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carton Cutting |
| Died: | Died of Wounds, France, 5 February 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers Bretonneux Memorial |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5735, 13th Infantry Battalion, Casula, NSW | |
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| 3 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 5735, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 3 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 5735, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Sydney | |
| 5 Feb 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5735, 13th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
John Ormond Lea MELEN was born in Sydney, New South Wales on 1st August, 1894
His parents were John MELEN & Susanna LEA who married in Sydney in 1885
He married Elizabeth CHORLEY in Sydney in 1916 - she gave birth to a daughter on 28th April, 1916 at her parents residence in Bathurst, NSW while John was on Active Service
He had previously served for 1 year in the Senior Cadets, 27th Battalion and 4 years in the 25th Infantry (Artillery) before he enlisted in Casula, NSW on 14th February, 1916 and embarked with the 13th Infantry Battalion, 18th Reinforcements on the HMAT Clan MacGillivray on 3rd May, 1916
John died of wounds in France on 5th February 1917 - no known grave
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
IN MEMORY
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