Thomas ORMISTON

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Service Number:	1559
Enlisted:	26 August 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	31st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Edinburgh, Scotland, 1891
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carter
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, November 1962, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Hemmant Cemetery and Crematorium, Brisbane, Queensland
Memorials:	Annerley Stephens Shire Council Residents Honour Board 1

26 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1559, 31st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
5 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 1559, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Bakara embarkation_ship_number: A41 public_note: ''
5 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 1559, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Bakara, Melbourne
4 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1559, 31st Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the right thigh. Invalided to England on 9 August 1918
6 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1559, 31st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Son of Thomas Ormiston and Christina Ormiston nee Wightman of Dunellan Estate, Logan Road, Brisbane, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 19 April 1919 aboard HT Sardinia disembarking on 11 June 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane.

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 22 November 1922 Thomas married Kathleen Ethel Duffy in QLD.